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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... later, in 1992, the Bahá'í community of Canada marked the 100th anniversary of the passing of Bahá'u'lláh (1817-92). Canadian Bahá'ís, however, emerged from the early history of their community with virtually no published record of its ...
... later on. I later convened several groups of people whom I had interviewed, and shared with them sections of the manuscript that pertained to them or to their communities. Enthusiasm and further offers of assistance greeted this ...
... later of the Inter-Ocean, he quickly gained prominence in his journalistic career. He had covered the American Civil War and was one of two journalists to accompany General Sherman on his march to the sea from Atlanta—not a small feat ...
... later, she would contribute to the development of the Green Acre Bahá'í School in Eliot, Maine (Stockman, 1985:36-37). Among the close circle of friends of Thornton Chase, America's “first believer,”4 was Paul Kingston Dealy (d.1935) ...
... later involvement with Louis Riel, a Catholic Métis who stood up for the rights of the most dispossessed of Canadian society.8 He was raised in a village in Ontario as the son of devoted Methodist parents. Jackson's mother.
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