Religion and Science in the Globalized World

Religion and Science in the Globalized World explores contemporary trends in religion, science, and globalization from a Bahá’í perspective. It is divided into two parts. The first part is devoted to Bahá’í approaches to various aspects of globalization. It includes the following chapters: Global Constitutionalism by Graham Hassall; Globalization—The Tangible Expression of Humanity’s Journey Towards Unity by Sovaida Ma’ani Ewing; Building a Just and Sustainable Global Food System: Some Guiding Principles by Paul Hanley; How Can We All Get Along?—A Bahá’í Perspective on Globalization by Harold Rosen; and Globalization Requires a Bahá’í Foundation by Hooshmand Badee.

The book’s second part focuses on different issues within the domains of natural and social sciences. The chapters included are as follows: A Bahá’í View of Human Rights by Peter Smith; Prophetic Revelation and Sociocultural Evolution: Some Scientific Perspectives by Harry P.Massoth and Marilu Jeno; Plato, Modern Physics, and Bahá’u’lláh by Vahid Ranjbar; Iterative Theology: Progressive Revelation as the String Theory of Religious Studies by Andres Elvira Espinoza; and The Issue of Self-Identity in Transhumanism and the Bahá’í Writings by Mikhail Sergeev. The volume ends with two chronologies of articles and books numerous Bahá’í authors wrote on globalization and science from the second half of the twentieth century up to the present day.