Ruth White (Bahá'í author)

Ruth White is an American author with links to the Bahá'í Faith. She challenged and then left the religion, based on her claim that the will of `Abdu'l-Bahá was a forgery. Her claim was based in part, she says, on that `Abdu'l-Bahá would never advocate for a hierarchy, much less the establishment of a "papacy".^[1][2]

White was virtually the only Bahá'í to question the authenticity of `Abdu'l-Bahá's will, including many who opposed Shoghi Effendi.^[3][4][5]

Works

• `Abdu'l-Bahá and the Promised Age, 1927, Appendix, 1929 entitled Is the Bahá'í Organization the Enemy of the Bahá'í Religion?. New York: J.J. Little and Ives Co., January 1929.
• `Abdu'l-Bahá's Alleged Will is Fraudulent, 1930.
• Correspondence Between the High Commissioner of Palestine and Ruth White, Concerning the Alleged Will and Testament of Sir `Abdul-Bahá Abbas . 11. Los Angeles , Calif. : White, 1932.
• Bahá'í Leads out of the Labyrinth. New York: Universal Publishing Company, 132 E 65th Street, New York, 1944. Digitally republished, East Lansing, Mi.: H-Bahai, 2004.
• `Abdu'l-Bahá's Questioned Will and Testament. Beverly Hills: Ruth White, 1946. Digitally republished, East Lansing, Mi.: H-Bahai, 2004.

See also

• Bahá'í divisions

References

1. ^ White, Ruth (1946). Abdul Baha's Questioned Will and Testament. Beverly Hills, California, USA: J.J. Little and Ives Company. http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/diglib/books/U-Z/W/White_Ruth/QWT.htm. 
2. ^ White, Ruth (1929). Is the Bahai Organization the Enemy of the Bahai Religion?. New York City, USA: J.J. Little and Ives Company. http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/diglib/books/U-Z/W/White_Ruth/RWAPP.htm. 
3. ^ Taherzadeh, Adib (1972). The Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. p. 347. ISBN 0-85398-344-5. 
4. ^ Taherzadeh, Adib (2000). The Child of the Covenant. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. pp. 299–300. ISBN 0-85398-439-5. 
5. ^ Rabbani, Ruhiyyih (1948). Twenty-Five Years of the Guardianship. Wilmette, Illinois, USA: Bahá'í Publishing Trust. p. 21. http://bahai-library.com/?file=khanum_25_years_guardianship#21.