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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... believers. As the Bahá'í community takes clearer shape, the narrative focusses less on the personalities, and more on community processes. Similarly, the relations of the larger society to the Bahá'í Faith will require differing ...
... believer,”4 was Paul Kingston Dealy (d.1935), who attended the classes held by Ibrahim Kheiralla.5 It was on 26 March 1897 that Dealy decided to accept the “Greatest Name.” Originally from Saint John, New Brunswick, Dealy moved to ...
... believer on 5 October 1897, four months after her husband.15 Elected president of the “Women's Assembly of Teaching,”16 she taught the Bahá'í Faith in small groups and before large audiences.17 Both she and her husband offered liberal ...
... believers. Methodism was the home religion of the Magee family and of Honoré Jaxon. The Methodist spiritual theme would continue to exercise a dominating influence on other early Bahá'ís in Canada. Methodism arose from the search of ...
... believers to inject their own ideas into what they perceived to be the Bahá'í teachings. Such an emphasis on individualistic interpretations would prove to have a negative influence on some members of the new religious faith. It paved ...
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