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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... non-Bahá'í speakers. And the Bahá'í chairman, that was arranged. Sometimes one speaker could not, did not arrive, but it happened seldom. They usually came. And we had the participation of the non-Bahá'ís. And the subjects were, any ...
... non-Bahá'í, which of course encouraged us, and the second year about 10 or 12 people came, but we kept it on every Tuesday, faithfully, hoping to get more and more.... In about three years we had 65 people in our meetings . . . the ...
... non-Bahá'í organizations as a means of teaching the Bahá'í Faith remains a model to be emulated by Bahá'ís today. Another member of the Youth Group, David Hofman, was an unemployed actor whose first contact with the Bahá'í Faith was ...
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