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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... Chicago and had become Bahá'í adherents . Kate Cowan Ives ( 1863-1927 ) was the first woman in the Occi- dent to accept the Bahá'í Faith and to remain steadfast in her new- found religion . Originally from Newfoundland , her parents had ...
... Chicago suburb ( Star of the West , 17 May 1910 , p . 19 ) . In 1912 , he wrote engaging pieces about the dedica- tion of the site for the Bahá'í House of Worship ( Jaxon , 1912a ) and ' Abdu'l - Bahá's visit to Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago ...
... Chicago . That same year , Guy Magee interviewed a Bahá'í ( Stockman , 1985 : 116 ) and sent word to Edith Magee ( ibid .: 131 ) . One account ( " 1893 : First Canadian Bahá'í , " 1979 : 12 states that one of the Magees had become a ...
... Chicago to attend the 1917 " Centennial Celebra- tion of Baha.Allah " with her sisters.26 The Bahá'í Group in London , Ontario By 1898-99 Canada's first Bahá'í group consisted of eighteen - year - old Edith Magee , her fifteen - year ...
... Chicago in 1893.31 The Magee family met ' Abdu'l - Bahá and hosted part of his of his stay in Eliot in August 1912. On that occasion , ' Abdu'l - Bahá met Edith Magee's husband , William Otto Inglis , whom she had married in 1910 . Her ...
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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