The Origins of the Bahá'í Community of Canada, 1898-1948Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press, 16 gru 1996 - 356 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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... Society Fourteen Opposition , Recognition , and World War II Fifteen 252 Building a National Bahá'í Community , 1947-48 265 Sixteen Social and Cultural Adaptation in the Canadian Setting .... 277 Appendixes Appendix A Summary of Items ...
... society based upon the ideals of human unity . New allegiances to the Bahá'í vision of unity seemed too fragile at times to make a permanent mark in the Canadian social landscape . Yet something new was forged , despite the setbacks ...
... societies but also of the limited appeal of non - Western movements in Western society . Stark and Bainbridge ( 1985 ) discuss five groups , three of which are non - West- ern ( although they do present some valuable Canadian data on ...
... society in which it is born . Such an approach , however , does not preclude other perspectives , such as a revelatory one , because the sociological search is for empirical and contextual data and does not deal with the motivational or ...
... society and explores the empirical linkages to mainstream culture , rather than researching the appeal and teachings of the transplanted reli- gious movement . The general dissatisfaction with some of the above - mentioned approaches ...
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Formation of Community Identity 191337 | 71 |
Illustrations | 131 |
Organization and Community Boundaries | 155 |
Relationship to Canadian Society | 251 |
Appendixes | 299 |
Bibliography | 317 |
Index | 337 |
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