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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... convention of the Trades and Labour Congress of Canada in Winnipeg, he may well have had both socialism and the Bahá'í Faith in mind. It is fair to say that Jaxon's loyalty to the Bahá'í Faith did not likely measure up to his political ...
... convention, ran as an independent Liberal (and suffered defeat), spoke to striking mine workers in British Columbia, was elected to a committee of the Calgary Socialist Party, and so on. 14 I refer the reader to the section, “Fleurs-de ...
... Faith to black intellectuals at Howard University (Morrison, 1982: 33) and in 1911, the American Bahá'ís established a publishing commission at the National Convention, with Woodcock serving as its chair. Woodcock, however, refused to help.
... Convention, held in Toronto (Bahá'í News, August 1942, p. 8). A religious philosophy with mystical concerns that can be traced to the ancient world, Theosophy has its modern origins in the nineteenth century.6 The term is derived from ...
... Convention,” 1948: 8). She seems to have had a difficult life. Her “life was of outer strain, married to a highly intelligent, but improvident husband,” but she made an effort to visit the sick and the disconsolate (Sala, 1940).26 ...
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