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 Women's Assembly in Zanjan, Persia (Star of the West, 21 March 1910, p. 4). Let us consider some of the early believers in Montreal whose conversions were the work of May Maxwell. While the activities of such early believers as ...
... Bahá'í in those early days of Montreal was German-born Mrs. Jeanne Bolles, May Maxwell's sister-in-law (RSP). She ... in Montreal (Bahá'í World, 8: 636). Dr. Henderson's contributions to society have never been systematically studied ...
... Bahá'í in England, Dr. John Esslemont, who would later write one of the most ... Montreal Bahá'ís received circulars, such as those from Mason Remey, a ... Montreal's sixteen believers designated themselves as the “Montreal Branch of the ...
... Bahá'í identity. Bahá'í movement Their spiritual could roots allowed them to profess their beliefs in a highly ... in Montreal—the best of his tours in Europe and North America—was more important for conveying to the Bahá'ís their ...
... Montreal (Montreal Daily Star, 10 February 1912, p. 14). His appreciation and his fondness for the Maxwell family of Montreal, now with a child, was well known. Yet some of the Bahá'ís, including Percy Woodcock,1 advised 'Abdu'1-Bahá ...
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