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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... (ibid.: 236). Bryan Wilson (cited by Wallis, 1984: 6) advises us that we must always consider the “empirical circumstances of given cultures, of geography, and of history” when looking at new religious groups. The Origins of the Bahá'í ...
... (ibid.). Native unrest on the prairies forced the family to pull out in 1883-84. The Dealy family soon moved to Chicago. Dealy joined the Chicago Bahá'í community when it had reached about thirty adherents; he graduated from Kheiralla's ...
... (ibid.: 12). By the time Jackson was twenty-three years old, he was following Louis Riel's movement with a great deal of interest and sympathy.9 The next series of events brought Jackson into contact with Louis Riel, who was summoned by ...
... (ibid.: 10; Flanagan, 1976: 175-76). The fervour of this “bookish,” and “short, slight man” (D. Smith, 1981a: 10, 16) fed upon itself in the United States.11 His long “straight raven-black hair” lent credibility to his claim that he was ...
... (ibid., 1912b). We assume that the reference in the dedication article to the representation of “North American Indians” at the dedication refers to Jaxon's own presence there, and probably not to any actual “Indians.” After the war, in ...
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