The Origins of the Bahá'í Community of Canada, 1898-1948Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press, 1996 M12 16 - 356 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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... CHSR EBA EVH GAR HBA HHP IAC KR LDP LGP MP MBSA NBAC Alfred E. Lunt Papers , NBAUS . Archives municipales de Montréal , Montreal , QC . Provincial Archives of Ontario , letter to W.C. van den Hoonaard , 27 July 1987 . Albert Windust ...
... CHSR , 10 February 1906 . 17 The 1898 financial ledger of the Chicago House of Spirituality contains a reference to Mrs. and Miss Montfort contributing to the Bahá'í fund ( Financial ledger , CHSR , May - December 1898 ) . A later ...
... ( CHSR , 16 Sep- tember 1905 ) . There , he and his family3 contributed funds for the con- struction of the Bahá'í House of Worship in Wilmette , Illinois ( Star of the West , 13 July 1915 , p . 58 ) . The family lived in Montreal and ...
... ( CHSR , 19 July 1909 ) .4 39 Two years later , there was a struggle among the New York Bahá'ís , in which Woodcock was opposed to organizing the Bahá'í community ( TCP , 14 and 19 January 1910 ) . According to Thornton Chase ( Amer ...
... ( CHSR , 19 July 1908 ) , complaining that it would take half a day to get to the temple — many Bahá'ís lived in south Chicago . Apparently , such complaints were not unusual in the Chicago Bahá'í community . She , too , received a letter ...
Contents
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Formation of Community Identity 191337 | 71 |
Illustrations | 131 |
Organization and Community Boundaries | 155 |
Relationship to Canadian Society | 251 |
Appendixes | 299 |
Bibliography | 317 |
Index | 337 |
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