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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... (October 1948): 3. The text is found in the National Spiritual Assembly of Canada, 1962: 23-25. 47 Balyuzi, 1971:264. 48 Mahmoud-i-Zarqání, n.d.: 133. 49 Ibid. 50 For example, Dorothy Wade (1990), whose mother, like herself, was a ...
... October 1987, and 31 October 1987. 57 Knott, 1976. Information can also be gleaned from AMM, Folder R5015.2. 58 Mahmoud-i-Zarqání, n.d.: 133. 59 Ward, 1979: 137 (no source indicated, however). 60 Mahmoud-i-Zarqání, n.d.: 133. 61 Ibid ...
... October 1981). It was demolished around 1930 (d'Iberville-Moreau, 1975: 141). 83 The lookout consisted of an elegant wooden structure erected in 1906 by the architectural firm Maxwell, Marchand, and Haskell, and was a favourite walking ...
... October 1920, AL, Box 27, Folder 38. 134 Information about Union Station was taken from Dendy, 1978. 135 “Membership List,” 14 April 1913, lists only a Mrs. Charles Nickel for 1913. Both Mr. and Mrs. Nickel were listed as Bahá'ís well ...
... October 1916, p. 112). These documents gave a prospective outline of the work to be undertaken by the North American Bahá'í community to spread their religion. The designation of May Maxwell as a recipient of these letters provided the ...
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