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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... Bahá'í governing body was incor- porated by an act of Parliament in 1949 , and legal incorporations of local governing councils have become common occurrences in Canada , as has the granting of Bahá'í Holy Days to school children ...
... Bahá'í movement ( Balyuzi , 1970 ) . Few followed Browne's example , however , perhaps because the movement had become established in the West and no longer offered the drama and colour of its earlier , Eastern days . Since 1970 ...
... Bahá'í 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 ...
... become prominent Bahá'ís were led to the new religion by newly arrived Bahá'ís from Egypt , Anton Haddad and Ibrahim Kheiralla , a Syrian convert . Kheiralla had been a Syrian Christian who declared his Bahá'í alle- giance in 1890 , 1 ...
... become Bahá'í adherents . Kate Cowan Ives ( 1863-1927 ) was the first woman in the Occi- dent to accept the Bahá'í Faith and to remain steadfast in her new- found religion . Originally from Newfoundland , her parents had settled in the ...
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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