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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... later, in January 1952. Among the first coterie of Bahá'ís were not only Atlantic Canadians and the defender of the Métis, Jaxon, but also his “French-Canadian”14 spouse, Aimee Montfort, a young schoolteacher. A “stylish and well ...
... later life. The couple had one child, Edward (“Timolean”) who was born in 1912 (Inglis, 1987). Towards the end of her life, Edith's health began to fail; she died in 1971 in Virginia (Washington Post, 20 July 1971). The processes that ...
... later development of the Canadian Bahá'í community. Notes passengers. But in 1848—the same year that Paul Dealy was. 1 This account has been taken from Stockman's (1985) work. 2 Contrary to popular opinion, the “Windy City” derives its ...
... , CHSR, May-December 1898). A later ledger for May-December 1899 has an entry for “Miss Blanche Montfort.” 18 Letter from Mrs. True to House of Spirituality, 10 March 1906, CHSR. 19 “1893: First Canadian Bahá'í,” 1979: 12, states that it.
... later murdered at the London Music Hall (London Advertiser, 2 April 1898, p. 6). There is no reason to assume that contact between the Magees and the Culvers stayed at this formal level. 29 Considering, moreover, that by 1903 all of the ...
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