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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Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Acknowledgments 8
- Abbreviations Used to Indicate Archival and Other Sources 12
- One: Introduction 14
- Part One: Early Dependence on Liberal Protestantism 28
- Two: Early Stirrings 29
- Three: Spiritual Roots and Early Conversions, 1899-1911 42
- Four: 'Abdu'1-Bahá and the Press in Canada, 1912 56
- Part Two: Formation of Community Identity, 1913-37 84
- Five: Changing Styles of Recruitment: The Montreal Community 85
- Six: Early Ethnic Involvement 98
- Seven: The Literary Circle of the Toronto Bahá'ís, 1913-37 114
- Eight: Tentative Anchorings in Atlantic Canada, 1913-37 121
- Nine: Retinence in the Canadian West, 1913-37 133
- Illustrations 144
- Part Three: Organization and Community Boundaries 168
- Ten: Changing Styles of Organization and Boundary Maintenance 169
- Eleven: On Spreading the New Religion, 1937-47 190
- Twelve: opportunities and Constraints of community Growth, 1937-47 219
- Thirteen: Religion, Gender, Class, and Ethnicity 244
- Part Four: Relationship to Canadian Society 264
- Fourteen: Opposition, Recognition, and World War II 265
- Fifteen: Building a National Bahá'í Community, 1947-48 278
- Sixteen: Social and Cultural Adaptation in the Canadian Setting 290
- Appendixes 312
- Appendix A: Summary of Items Appearing in the French-and English-Language Press on the Occasion of Abdu'l-Bahá's Visit to Canada, 1912 313
- Appendix B: Statistical Overview of the Canadian Bahá'í Community, 1898-1948 (April) 315
- Appendix C: Bahá'í Community Profiles, 21 April 1937-20 April 1947 317
- Appendix D: Chronology of Important Canadian Bahá'í Dates 319
- Appendix E: Notes on Sources 322
- Bibliography 330
- Index 350
- A 351
- B 351
- C 353
- D 354
- E 355
- F 356
- G 356
- H 357
- I 358
- J 358
- K 359
- L 359
- M 360
- N 362
- O 362
- P 363
- Q 364
- R 364
- S 365
- T 367
- U 368
- V 368
- W 368
- Y 369
- Z 369