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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... women) and his challenge to secular and clerical authorities led to his execution in Tabriz in 1850. The Báb also proclaimed that he was the harbinger of one who would succeed him and whose teachings would establish a new world order ...
... women, known as the “Hands of the Cause of God,” who had been appointed by Shoghi Effendi to act as the “Chief Stewards” of the Bahá'í Faith. They prepared the worldwide Bahá'í community for the election of the Universal House of ...
... 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 traditional boundaries between “fact,” “myth,” and “oral history” are ...
... Women's Assembly of Teaching,”16 she taught the Bahá'í Faith in small groups and before large audiences.17 Both she and her husband offered liberal hospitality to Bahá'í functions in the community.18 The Jaxons returned briefly to ...
... Women's Board and as secretary of the Women's Unity Meeting (“In Memoriam: Harriet Magee,” 1915; “New York City,” 1910). Frequently, Annie Magee spent the summer at the Green Acre Bahá'í School in Eliot, Maine.21 'Abdu'1-Bahá spoke ...
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