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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... : The Montreal Community Six Early Ethnic Involvement Seven The Literary Circle of the Toronto Bahá'ís, 1913-37 Eight Tentative Anchorings in Atlantic Canada, 1913-37 Nine Retinence in the Canadian West, 1913-37 Illustrations Part Three.
... Bahá'ís of Canada. A study of the early Bahá'ís, as well as Bahá'í administrative development, sheds light on the social dynamics that underlie the rise, development, or decline of some communities. The Bahá'í community is emerging from ...
... Bahá'ís in Canada and India, and the contribution of Canadian Bahá'í women to social change, respectively. 6 Something should be said on the subject of myths that are often the stuff of oral history. In much contemporary research, the ...
... Bahá'ís see no objection to others not using capitalization, but may find it peculiar to see a Bahá'í scholar not using the capitalization. Bahá'ís ... Early Dependence on Liberal Protestantism Two Early Stirrings.
... first the Bahá'ís Canadian during Bahá'í the community. The following account demonstrates the seemingly chaotic nature of a new religion's early life in North America. The situation is analogous to seeds carried by the wind to unknown ...
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