Peter Smith is a luxury-brand executive with thirty-five years' experience in team building, hiring and sales. He is the author of three books, The Sales Minute, Hiring Squirrels and Sell Something and a columnist for National Jeweler and The Jewelry Book, where he writes about the retail experience, and sales psychology.
Prologue
Part I. History: 1. The Babi movement
2. Bahá'u'lláh and the emergence of the Baha'i Faith
3. The ministry of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 1892-1921
4. The guardianship of Shoghi Efendi (1922-57)
5. The Universal House of Justice, 1963-
6. Expansion since 1921
Part II. Beliefs: 7. Baha'i texts: sources of belief and practice
8. Divine knowledge and guidance
9. Being human
10. The Baha'i faith and other religions
11. Social teachings and the vision of a new world order
Part III. Being a Baha'i: Aspects of Baha'i Life: 12. Community and membership and Baha'i law
13. Baha'i administration
14. Aspects of Baha'i community life
15. Baha'i activities and the wider world
Some final comments
Appendix: recent Baha'i leaders.
