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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... Teaching Committee of Manitoba and Saskatchewan Records, RTCMS SFP Sarah Farmer Papers (M-29), NBAUS. TCP Thornton Chase Paper, NBAUS. VBA Vancouver Bahá'í Archives, Vancouver, BC. WBA Winnipeg Bahá'í Archives, Winnipeg, MB. WTAM The ...
... 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 ...
... Bahá'í described Aimee as a “very plain lady, but she had charm” (Loeding, 1985). She became a devoted believer on 5 October 1897, four months after her husband.15 Elected president of the “Women's Assembly of Teaching,”16 she taught ...
... teachings were “unauthorized and incorrect” (CHSR, 3 August 1907). By 1908 he was living in New York and, while there, started mixing personal ideas with the Bahá'í Faith (TCP, 30 November 1908). By 1909, Woodcock was teaching the ...
... Bahá'í travelling teaching trips from the United States to Canada. As a missionizing movement, the Bahá'í Faith very early on stressed the importance of undertaking travelling teaching trips to spread the religion. In the absence of a ...
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