Todd Onam Smith

Todd Smith holds a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto where he focused on the development of a consultative epistemology as it pertains to health and illness.  He has since published articles on epistemology, the harmony of science and religion, freedom, historical consciousness, consultation, and various features of the Bahá’í Faith. He is currently writing a book with the working title “Oneness, Freedom, and Truth”.

Having served as the coordinator of the Research Department at the Bahá’í World Centre in Haifa, Israel, he now works on the Executive Committee of the Association for Bahá’í Studies in North America.

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Published Works

Smith, Todd and Michael Sabet (2025). “Transcending Partisanship: From Factionalism to Universal Participation“. Bahá’í Studies Review (2025), 22: e20250701 

Smith, Todd and Ben Kelly (2024). “Public discourse and wilful incommensurability: a case for attentive free speech”. Frontiers in Sociology, Volume 9–2024

Smith, Todd (2023). “Becoming Attuned to Reality: Presuppositions and the Power of Learning in Action”. Journal of Bahá’í Studies, Journal of Bahá’í Studies 30 (1–2): 47–113

Karlberg, Michael and Todd Smith (2022). “A Culture of Learning”. The World of the Bahá’í Faith, Robert Stockman (ed.), London: Routledge.

Smith, Todd (2022). “The Bahá’í Administrative Order”. The World of the Bahá’í Faith, Robert Stockman (ed.), London: Routledge.

Smith, Todd (2022). “The Universal House of Justice”. The World of the Bahá’í Faith, Robert Stockman (ed.), London: Routledge.

Smith, Todd (2022). “The Writings of the Universal House of Justice”. The World of the Bahá’í Faith, Robert Stockman (ed.), London: Routledge.

Smith, Todd and Omid Ghaemmaghami (2022). “Consultation”. The World of the Bahá’í Faith, Robert Stockman (ed.), Routledge.

Smith, Todd (2020). “Crisis and the Power of an Inclusive Historical Consciousness: Progressing from Delusional Habits to Dynamic Freedom”. Journal of Bahá’í Studies, Journal of Bahá’í Studies 30 (1–2): 47–113.

Smith, Todd (2019). “Science and Religion in Dynamic Interplay”. Journal of Bahá’í Studies, Journal of Bahá’í Studies 29 (4/4): 11–49.

Smith, Todd and Michael Karlberg (2009). “Articulating a Consultative Epistemology: Toward a Reconciliation of Truth and Relativism”. Journal of Bahá’í Studies 19 (1/4): 59–99.

Smith, Todd (1997). “The relativity of social construction: Towards a consultative approach to understanding health, illness and disease”. PhD diss., University of Toronto, 1997.