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. |
From inside the book
... the Bahá'í Faith at the Art Institute of Chicago.3 Ninety - nine years later , in 1992 , the Bahá'í community of Canada marked the 100th anniversary of the passing of Bahá'ú'lláh ( 1817-92 ) . Canadian Bahá'ís , however , emerged from ...
... the Bahá'í Faith in North America , which has been coming to the fore only since the mid - 1980s . Two of the more thorough accounts of Bahá'í history in North America ( Stockman , 1985 and 1995 ) omitted , due to lack of materials on ...
... the Bahá'í Faith will require differing descriptions , depending on the particular phase of Bahá'í history . Obviously , the reactions of society to a new religion are quite different in its more developed phase than in its emergent ...
... the Bahá'í Faith . This has not always been the case . Several Islamicists of the late nineteenth century saw the Bahá'í Faith as a subject of great interest . The great Persian scholar Edward G. Browne devoted much of the early part of ...
... the Bahá'í Faith before 1894 The place of origin of the Bahá'í Faith is the Middle East . In 1844 a young merchant in Persia , named the Báb ( 1819-50 ) , declared himself19 as the spiritual reformer long - awaited by the Muslim world ...
Contents
1 | |
15 | |
Formation of Community Identity 191337 | 71 |
Illustrations | 131 |
Organization and Community Boundaries | 155 |
Relationship to Canadian Society | 251 |
Appendixes | 299 |
Bibliography | 317 |
Index | 337 |
Other editions - View all
The Origins of the Bahá’í Community of Canada, 1898-1948 Will C. van den Hoonaard Limited preview - 2010 |
The Origins of the Bahá’í Community of Canada, 1898-1948 Will C. van den Hoonaard No preview available - 1996 |