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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... Social Sciences Federation of Canada , using funds pro- vided by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada . Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data Van den Hoonaard , Will C. The origins of the Bahá'í community of ...
... social history : they did not disappoint me ; and I am grateful for their assessments of my biases that had inadvertently found their way into the initial draft . I was thus able to carry out further revisions with the help of their ...
... Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada for providing in 1990 a gener- ous grant in support of the research project . The Arts Publications Fund of the University of New Brunswick provided funds for the rental of the ...
... social processes that attend the establishment of a non - Western religious movement in a Western setting . The book is intended to be a faithful record of the struggles of the " generation of the half - light " ( Shoghi Effendi , 1974a ...
... social and economic development programs on Prairie reserves have attracted attention ; in the Yukon , Bahá'í programs have focussed on alcohol - awareness and alcohol - reduction programs . The procurement of funding from the Canadian ...
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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