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 refugee programs that have helped settle 2,000 Iranians in Canada since Iran's Islamic revolution in 1979. In the field of education, Bahá'ís have promoted the teaching of comparative religion in schools, and have set up a secondary ...
... study classes, leading interested seekers to accept the Bahá'í religion. In February 1894, the first five Westerners converted.3 By May 1896 there were sixteen Bahá'ís in Chicago. Of middle-class background, these early converts were ...
... Bahá'í community when it had reached about thirty adherents; he graduated from Kheiralla's class on 26 March 1897 (ibid.: 86). Dealy proved to be one of the most active Bahá'í ... school.6 Dealy's life, however, was marked by cash-flow ...
... Bahá'í community as a member of the New York City Women's Board and as secretary of the Women's Unity Meeting (“In ... Bahá'í School in Eliot, Maine.21 'Abdu'1-Bahá spoke highly of the Magee family,22 who received at least nine letters ...
... Bahá'í School in Eliot, Maine (Star of the West, 20 August 1910, p. 13), and had become identified with the early days of the Bahá'í Faith at that school. Green Acre was hardly a “Bahá'í” school in the 1910-12 period, but perhaps they ...
Contents
Five | |
Seven | |
Nine | |
Eleven | 10 |
Thirteen | 1947 |
Fourteen | 1947 |
Fifteen | 1955 |
Sixteen | 1971 |
Appendix | 1985 |
Appendix D | 1985 |
Index | 2005 |
Twelve | 44 |
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