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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... Shoghi Effendi would declare that the Maxwell Home “should be viewed in the nature of a national shrine, because of its association with ['Abdu'1-Bahá]”88 and that it was “destined to be regarded as the foremost Bahá'í shrine throughout ...
... Shoghi Effendi. May Maxwell also shared with 'Abdu'l-Bahá her thoughts to the effect that W.S. Maxwell had, at first, no interest in the Bahá'í Faith and that he had discouraged her from speaking to him about it. Now, however, her ...
... (Shoghi Effendi, 1965: 73), published by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Canada, states that 'Abdu'1-Bahá stayed from 30 August to 12 September 1912. Balyuzi in 'Abdu'1-Bahá (1971:256) indicates 8 September as 'Abdu'l ...
... Shoghi Effendi, 1965:38. 89 Ibid., 48. 90 Mahmoud-i-Zarqání inadvertently refers to Bruchési as a “Bishop” (n.d.: 136). 91 Allaire, 1908: 92. Louis Bruchési (1855-1939), after studying in Europe, was ordained in 1878. He occupied a ...
... Shoghi Effendi, whom 'Abdu'1-Bahá had named in his Will and Testament as Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith. In his attempts to develop the Bahá'í community along organizational lines, Shoghi Effendi explicated the requirements and importance ...
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