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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... influential and historically sig- nificant Bahá'ís before 1940. Little is known of Bahá'í work carried out by others . A reader may naturally raise the question as to why a work on the Bahá'í Faith in Canada would focus on the first ...
... influential Bahá'í , May Maxwell , visited the Culvers , she described the Culver family as form- ing the " nucleus of the group here . . . a beautiful Bahá'í family , filled with the spirit of service , . . . a real ornament to the ...
... influence on other early Bahá'ís in Canada . Metho- dism arose from the search of John Wesley ( 1703-91 ) and his brother Charles for a deepened religious life within the ordered ways of the Church of England.1 He sought no drastic ...
... influence on some members of the new religious faith . It paved the way for idiosyncratic views by individuals who were not quite ready to accept a higher spiritual authority . Such was the case for Canadian artist Percy Woodcock , a ...
... influence of the Theosophical Society has been rather significant . The movement has been a catalytic force in the twentieth - century Asian revival of Buddhism and Hindu- ism , and a pioneering agency in the promotion of greater ...
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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The Origins of the Bahá’í Community of Canada, 1898-1948 Will C. van den Hoonaard No preview available - 1996 |