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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... Ottawa held two of his paintings in storage in 1993. 3 In 1878, Percy married Aloysia, daughter of John Pratt, president of the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Society. They had a daughter, May, of whom we later hear nothing in life. 4 ...
... Ottawa, for any clues. The Memoir Notes and the Nominal Index (both Author and Subject) revealed no reference to 'Abdu'1-Bahá, Abbas Effendi, or other similar designations. The list of 1,000 guests at the Prime Minister's reception at ...
... Ottawa, a railroad archivist (D. Smith, 1993). 128 Stephen Bedingfield kindly provided the author with his research materials on Anna Sheets, comprised of transcripts of interviews by Bedingfield with Verna Bedingfield, Jenny Blair ...
... Ottawa the following day. By the early 1930s, members of the Montreal Bahá'í community undertook travelling-teaching trips to other parts of the world, notably the Far East and Australia, Poland, Russia, Germany, and England.18. Montreal.
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