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'ís who declared their faith in Canada—the reader recalls that May Maxwell became a Bahá'í in France. Both ... Canada (“Canadian Bahá'í Convention,” 1948: 8). She seems to have had a difficult life. Her “life was of outer strain ...
... Toronto's technical schools, in which Arthur Lismer (of the Group of Seven painters) exhibited. In 1936 she became a “leading figure” in the Toronto ... Bahá'ís, Henderson had difficulty in separating her personal opinion from the Bahá'í ...
... Bahá'ís in Canada. Even May Maxwell's efforts, however vigorous, were not able to bring the Bahá'ís to a level of organization or commitment that was needed to create a community, however rudimentary. It was 'Abdu'l-Bahá's visit to ...
... Bahá'ís, especially in the West, personally identified the new religion with him. It is often said that these Bahá'ís were better known as “'Abdu'/-Bahá'ís.” 'Abdu'l-Bahá, now sixty-four years old, was released from prison after the ...
... Bahá'ís. About half way between Farran's Point and Kingston, the train passed Brockville. As early as 1905 Percy Woodcock and his family lived in Brockville. Woodcock's involvement with the new religion may have crossed 'Abdu'l-Bahá's ...
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