Close Connections Close Connections will appeal to anyone interested in spirituality and its link to everyday life. Examines the bonds between physical and spiritual reality and their implications for science.

Psychology of Spirituality What is the nature of human reality? What is the purpose of human life? What is love? Through case histories, in-depth analysis and practical examples, The Psychology of Spirituality offers new ways of addressing these and other important questions and helps us to look at ourselves, our relationships, our problems and our world from a totally new perspective.

The Universe Within Us The Universe Within Us is a mixture of science, religion and personal experience that offers a new understanding of our place and purpose in the universe - an understanding that leads to the conclusion that every human being possesses a spiritual nature.

Creative Dimensions of Suffering

Creative Dimensions of Suffering is an intriguing combination of psychiatry and spirituality that illustrates the power of creativity to treat suffering. An examination of the lives of many famous artists who suffered - including Van Gogh, Tchaikovsky, and Beethoven - gives insight into how they dealt with their adversity through creativity.

One Reality: The Harmony of Science and Religion One Reality: The Harmony of Science and Religion is a compilation of passages from the Bahá'í writings that explores the relationship between science and religion, and demonstrates the Bahá'í perspective that the two seemingly opposing forces can live in perfect harmony. As 'Abdu'l-Bahá, the son of the Prophet and Founder of the Bahá'í Faith, states: "If we say religion is opposed to science, we lack knowledge of either true science or true religion, for both are founded upon the premises and conclusions of reason, and both must bear its test."

Science and Spirit of Management The Science and Spirit of Management presents an evolutionary explanation of the fundamentals of management. It approaches the subject through a new paradigm that merges the physical and spiritual realities of human beings and acknowledges the oneness of humanity. This paradigm facilitates a comprehensive and coherent description of the role of management in the formation and functioning of organizations as organic systems harmonized with the concept of humans as social and spiritual beings.

Religion and Science in the Globalized World

Religion and Science in the Globalized World explores contemporary trends in religion, science, and globalization from a Baha’i perspective. It is divided into two parts. The first part is devoted to Baha’i approaches to various aspects of globalization. The book’s second part focuses on different issues within the domains of natural and social sciences. The volume ends with two chronologies of articles and books numerous Baha’i authors wrote on globalization and science from the second half of the twentieth century up to the present day.

Purpose of Physical Reality Why do spiritual beings--human souls--begin their lives in the physical world? According to well-known Bahá'í author, scholar, and educator John Hatcher, the world is a classroom designed by God to instigate and nurture mental and spiritual growth.

Soul of Humanity The Soul of Humanity is an appeal to abandon blind faith and apply rational thinking to all important matters of life from science and relationships to politics and religion. The authors apply the ages-old knowledge of the world’s great religions to explain how and why rationality can help civilization climb out of the abyss of superstition and prejudice and unleash humanity’s innate powers of reason.

Science and Art of Being Human This book challenges the accepted belief in present-day society that the sciences and arts are separate or even oppositional domains, or unrelated and separate areas of learning. With decades of experience as an artist and teacher, Margaret Appa explores the perspective in the Bahá’í teachings – and now increasingly recognized by others – where science is seen as any system of knowledge and art any form of skill that enables that system of knowledge to be applied in practice.

Alzheimer's (ePub)

Artist Harlan Carl Scheffler reflects on the implications of the spiritual reality upon which the physical world is based and on the need for science to acknowledge that reality in order to meet the challenge of Alzheimer's.