The Origins of the Bahá’í Community of Canada, 1898-1948Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press, 2010 M10 30 - 368 pages What binds together Louis Riel’s former secretary, a railroad inventor, a Montreal comedienne, an early proponent of Canada’s juvenile system and a prominent Canadian architect? Socialists, suffragists, musicians, artists—from 1898 to 1948, these and some 550 other individual Canadian Bahá’ís helped create a movement described as the second most widespread religion in the world. Using diaries, memoirs, official reports, private correspondence, newspapers, archives and interviews, Will C. van den Hoonaard has created the first historical account of Bahá’ís in Canada. In addition, The Origins of the Bahá’í Community of Canada, 1898-1948 clearly depicts the dynamics and the struggles of a new religion in a new country. This is a story of modern spiritual heroes—people who changed the lives of others through their devotion to the Bahá’í ideals, in particular to the belief that the earth is one country and all of humankind are its citizens. Thirty-nine original photographs effectively depict persons and events influencing the growth of the Bahá’í movement in Canada. The Origins of the Bahá’í Community of Canada, 1898-1948 makes an original contribution to religious history in Canada and provides a major sociological reference tool, as well as a narrative history that can be used by scholars and Bahá’ís alike for many years to come. |
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... Bahá'í community takes clearer shape, the narrative focusses less on the personalities, and more on community processes. Similarly, the relations of the larger society to the Bahá'í ... us a different basis of discussion and renders more of a ...
... Bahá'í Faith. Stark and Bainbridge's otherwise commendable study, The Future of Religion (1985), contains a number of factual errors about the Bahá'í ... American society, a traditional and personal moral code is associated with right-wing ...
... Bahá'í community from 1913 to 1947. This phase leaves behind the factors of ... Bahá'í communities in various regions in Canada, imprinted an awareness of the Bahá ... American Civil War and was one of two journalists to accompany General ...
... America (1985) with historical synopses of Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, and Muslims. 9 Raymond Brady Williams' Religions of Immigrants from India and Pakistan: New Threads in the American Tapestry (1988) is a good example of similar ...
... American colonization company. But his radical politics interfered with his making a living. In 1893 he started to organize a World Conference of Anarchists. He was falsely accused of plotting to bomb the White House in Washington—an ...
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