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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... Magee Papers, van den Hoonaard (personal) Collection. Montreal Bahá'í Shrine Archives, Montreal, QC. National Bahá'í Archives, Thornhill, ON. National Bahá'í Archives, Wilmette, IL. Ottawa Bahá'í Archives, Ottawa, ON. Spiritual Assembly ...
... Magee, in the matter of Jonathan Magee, 18 December 1902, Surrogate Court of the County of Middlesex, Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ref. RG22, series 321, #7475/1903. WTMM The Last Will and Testament of Mrs. Mary A. Magee, 9 June 1899 ...
... Magee and her daughters, Edith and Harriet, belonged to a prominent family in London, Canada's “City of Parks.” The round-trip fare of $9.30 was a small sacrifice to attend the World's Parliament of Religions in Chicago. The Parliament ...
... Magee family first heard, on a rainy Saturday in Chicago, 23 September 1893, the name of the founder of the Bahá'í Faith, Bahá'u'lláh, from a paper read at the Art Institute of Chicago on behalf of the Rev. Henry Jessup, a Presbyterian ...
... Magee (1880-1971) of London, Ontario, then seventeen years of age, was making many visits to her uncle, Guy Magee, and probably heard on those occasions more about the new religion. In January 1898 Ibrahim Kheiralla gave his last course ...
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