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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... Society Fourteen Opposition, Recognition, and World War II Fifteen Building a National Bahá'í Community, 1947-48 Sixteen Social and Cultural Adaptation in the Canadian Setting Appendixes Appendix A Summary of Items Appearing in the ...
... society based upon the ideals of human unity. New allegiances to the Bahá'í vision of unity seemed too fragile at times to make a permanent mark in the Canadian social landscape. Yet something new was forged, despite the setbacks, the ...
... society.5 Canadians have grown accustomed to identifying a religious community with the stately churches of the major Christian denominations, the lively sermons of fundamentalist Christian groups, or the precarious existence of urban ...
... societies but also of the limited appeal of non-Western movements in Western society. Stark and Bainbridge (1985) discuss five groups, three of which are non-Western (although they do present some valuable Canadian data on new religious ...
... society is not something than comes to mind when reading such studies. When we look at the diversity of Canada's transplanted religions, it is important to distinguish among several kinds of non-Western religious movements. There are ...
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