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 history. Obviously, the reactions of society to a new 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 Faith. They prepared the worldwide Bahá'í community for the election of the Universal House of Justice in ... Canadian Bahá'í community. It linked the fragmented, highly individualistically oriented Bahá'ís before 1912 with the ...
Will C. van den Hoonaard. light of the expansion and growth of the Canadian Bahá'í community from 1913 to 1947. This phase leaves behind the factors of personality and individuality, and takes on a more explicit sociological form. The ...
... Bahá'í Studies, Ottawa, 31 January 1989. 4 The first record of a Canadian Bahá'í goes back to 1897, but the first Bahá'í in Canada dates back to 1898. I have chosen “1898” in the title of the book as a means of highlighting the fifty ...
... Bahá'í Faith in small groups and before large audiences.17 Both she and her husband offered liberal hospitality to Bahá'í functions in the community.18 The Jaxons returned briefly to Canada, 1907-1909, to visit Montfort's niece, Cicely ...
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The Origins of the Bahá’í Community of Canada, 1898-1948 Will C. van den Hoonaard No preview available - 1996 |