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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... religious com- munity with the stately churches of the major Christian denominations , the lively sermons of fundamentalist Christian groups , or the precarious existence of urban cults . A religion that falls outside these familiar ...
... religious life in Canada . Thus , there is a need for factual and sociological knowledge about the history , teachings , and development of the Bahá'í commu- nity . " Transplantation Studies in the Sociology of Religion My story is ...
... religious groups in the context of the nature of four " religious eruptions " in the twentieth century , two of which apply to transplanted religions , namely , the eruption of " religious novelty " in the 1960s and early 1970s , and ...
... religious economy " that is multicultural and multifaith.15 Of these approaches , The Origins of the Bahá'í Community of Canada , 1898-1948 finds greater affinity with issues that make sociological sense of a new religion in terms of ...
... religion are quite different in its more developed phase than in its emergent phase . The Origins of the Bahá'í Community of Canada corrects , I hope , several trends in Canadian Bahá'í informal historiography . The few written , but ...
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 |