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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... Montreal, Montreal, QC. Provincial Archives of Ontario, letter to W.C. van den Hoonaard, 27 July 1987. Albert Windust Papers, NBAUS. Bahái Temple Unity Records, NBAUS. Chicago House of Spirituality Records, NBAUS. Eliot Bahá'í Archives ...
... Bahá'í community takes clearer shape, the narrative focusses less on the personalities, and more on community ... Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver—Canada's principal urban centres then and now. Yet Bahá'í communities existed in about ...
... Bahá'í trip. As far as we know, no visible results seemed to have come from either Mrs. Rennels or the unknown contributor from Canada's prairies. Early. Visitors. The first decade of the ... Bahá'í visitors to Montreal. The first Persian.
Will C. van den Hoonaard. There were other Bahá'í visitors to Montreal. The first Persian Bahá'í to set foot on Canadian soil was 'All Kuli Khán, the Persian consul in Washington, DC. Khán, his wife, Florence Breed, and son Rahím ...
... Canadian of Scottish background, and a member of an old and noted Montreal family. The couple married on 8 May 1902 in London, England. At the age of thirty-two, May Maxwell returned to North America, settling in Montreal in August 1902 ...
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