A Bahá'í Perspective on Science and Religion

by Carolyn Hanna Murphy

    “The Revelation proclaimed by Bahá’u’lláh, His followers believe, is divine in origin, all-embracing in scope, broad in outlook, scientific in its method, humanitarian in its principles and dynamic in the influence it exerts on the hearts and minds of men.”
- Shoghi Effendi in “The World Religion of Bahá’u’lláh: A Summary of Its Aims, Teachings and History,” 1933 

    “O people of Bahá’! The reflective faculty is the depository of crafts, arts and sciences. Exert yourselves, so that the gems of knowledge and wisdom may proceed from this ideal mine, and conduce to the tranquility and union of the different nations of the world.”
- Bahá’u’lláh,  “Words of Paradise,” Bahá’í World Faith