What is the Bahá’í Faith

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What is the Bahá’í Faith?  (1987) by René Derkse
An Introduction for Young People

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Preface

I GOD AND HIS PROPHETS

1 The existence of God
2 God’s purpose
3 The need for a Manifestation
4 The Manifestations of God
5 The unity of God’s Manifestations
6 The times in which we live


II THE TEACHINGS OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH

7 Teachings for the well-being of the world
8 Teachings for the happiness of mankind


III THE HISTORY OF THE BAHÁ’Í FAITH

9 Background
10 The Báb 1819-1850
11 Bahá’u’lláh 1817-1892
12 ‘Abdu’l-Bahá 1844-1921
13 The formative age


IV THE FOLLOWERS OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH

14. What does it mean to be a Bahá’í?
15 How do you become a Bahá’í?


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