Bibliography: BIB16664

web link	bahai-library.com/bibliography/BIB16664
reference type	Journal Article
title	A Bahá'í Perspective on the Origin of Matter
journal	Journal of Bahá'í Studies
author	Brown, Keven
authority control	Keven Brown
year	1990
date	1990
issue	3
volume	2
abstract	The origin of matter, according to Baha'i teaching, can be explained as a spiritual reality. Although this view is not modern, modern science is also finding that at the most fundamental level "permanent aspects of reality are not particular materials or structures but rather the possible forms of structures, and the rules for their transformation" (Wilczek). The Baha'i Faith teaches that science and religion reveal complementary aspects of one truth. To Baha'is, the Word of God is an actual, albeit transcendent, entity with the power to bring physical reality into being. Its forces directly give rise to the structures and functions of matter. The theory of the four elements. the threefold structure of being, and the necessity of balance to life are also examined.
language	English
keywords	COSMOLOGY; MATTER; SCIENCE; RELIGION
pages	15–44