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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... Mahmoud-i-Zarqání,9 'Abdu'1-Bahá proceeded in a carriage to 716 Pine Avenue West,10 the compact four-story Maxwell home, where reporters and Bahá'í friends greeted him.11 Many neighbours watched him through their windows to catch the ...
... (Mahmoud-i-Zarqání, n.d.: 138). The Grand Trunk “Moccasin” engine (No. 1008) ... (Mahmoud-i-Zarqání, n.d.: 138), at approximately sixty to sixty-five km per hour ... í World, vol. 6: 518). Of Swiss background, Dr. Anna D. Sheets (b. 1872)128 ...
... í. We have no information about how they became Bahá'ís. About half way between Farran's Point and Kingston, the ... (Mahmoudi-Zarqání, n.d.: 138). 'Abdu'1-Bahá briefly stopped at Union Station, while waiting for his connecting train ...
... Mahmoud-i-Zarqání, n.d.: 135. 2 The official Bahá'í organ, Star of the West, did not carry any news of the celebrated visit of'Abdu'1Bahá to Montreal in 1912 until an incidental reference to the event 4-1/2 years later (Star of the West ...
... í national commemorative program contains the idea that 'Abdu'1-Bahá was in ... í Faith, God Passes By (1974: 291) makes no reference to the dates of 'Abdu'l ... Mahmoud-i-Zarqání, n.d.: 128. 7 Douglas Smith, 1993. 8 Mahmoud-i-Zarqání ...
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