Shoghi Effendi has for years urged the Baha’is (who asked
his advice and in general also) to study history, economics, sociology, etc.,
in order to be au courant with all the progressive movements and thoughts being
put forth today, and so that they could correlate these to the Baha’i
teachings. What he wants the Baha’is to do is to study more, not to study less.
The more general knowledge, scientific and otherwise, they possess, the better.
Likewise he is constantly urging them to really study the Baha’i teachings more
deeply.
- Shoghi Effendi (Cited by the Universal House of Justice in a letter written on its
behalf dated 10 October 1993; included in a compilation prepared by the
Research Department of the Universal House of Justice: ‘Issues Related to the
Study of the Baha’i Faith’)
