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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... Canada, as well as the creation of Bahá'í communities in various regions in Canada, imprinted an awareness of the Bahá'í Faith as a Bahá'í community, rather than merely a collection of individual adherents. Part Three takes on the task ...
... Canada that it took until 1992 before any government in Canada could reinstate the “rebel” as a bona fide founder of one of Canada's provinces, Manitoba. The biographical section on Honoré Jaxon is taken from D. Smith, 1981a and 1981b ...
... communities there. She enrolled as a Bahá'í no later than 1916 (AL). Professor Henry Armstrong ... Canada to obtain a Ph.D. Already in 1903 she appears as a Bahá'í in Montreal (Bahá'í World, 8: 636). Dr. Henderson's contributions to society ...
... Toronto (Morris, 1927: 79-80). With 'Abdu'l-Bahá's departure from Canadian soil, the randomness of attraction among these early adherents came to an end, and a new period had begun. The Bahá'ís in Canada had now met their “Perfect ...
... Canada indicates that he gave his addresses and lectures from 30 August to 9 September 1912 (National Spiritual Assembly of Canada, 1962: 1), while, in fact, dates are challenged elsewhere. A published memoir, Portals to Freedom (Ives ...
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