The Origins of the Bahá’í Community of Canada, 1898-1948Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press, 2010 M10 30 - 368 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 communities in the United States and in Canada were under the administrative jurisdiction of an elected governing council, the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada. Three Spiritual Roots and ...
... executive of the Ontario Labour Party (Socknat, 1987: 107, 132-34, 325). This reformer's activities extended further than the labour movement, children, and women. She also succeeded in getting Parliament to amend the Drug Act to ...
... Bahá'í community along organizational lines, Shoghi Effendi explicated the requirements and importance of elected Bahá'í governing councils (“Spiritual Assemblies”), both local and national. It was not only these general administrative ...
... administration which struck us as very important. And we also realized that the old Bahá'ís did not understand it, did not see the significance. And we thought only young people would understand, so that we can teach the young people ...
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