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1. Bahá'í Community of Canada, The: A Case Study in the Transplantation of Non-Western Religious Movements to Western Societies, by Will C. van den Hoonaard, in Origins of the Bahá'í Community of Canada, 1898-1948 (1996). The origins and early life of the Bahá'í community in Canada as a sociological case study in the transplantation of non-Western faiths into Western settings. Published Articles. [about]
2. Bahá'í Community of Canada, The, by Will C. van den Hoonaard, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies, 7:3 (1997). Published Articles. [about]
3. Bibliography of sociological or anthropological studies on the contemporary Baha'i Community (1998). Current only through 1998. Bibliographies. [about]
4. Black Roses in Canada's Mosaic: Four Decades of Black History, by Will C. van den Hoonaard and Lynn Echevarria-Howe (1994). Survey of African-Americans in Canada, their activities in the Bahá'í community, and statistical information. Unpublished Articles. [about]
5. Broad Contours of the Canadian Baha'i Community, by Will C. van den Hoonaard and Deborah K. van den Hoonaard (1994). Historical and sociological overview of the Canadian Bahá'í community. Unpublished Articles. [about]
6. Chaos as Metaphor for the Study of Social Processes in the Postmodern World: A Baha'i Illustration, by Will C. van den Hoonaard and William W. Hackborn (1997). How ideas drawn from the study of chaos theory can be used to describe some aspects of a social environment. Unpublished Articles. [about]
7. Chapters from the Mature Story of a Politician, by Jon Baldvin (2002). Brief extract from a memoir by Iceland's former Minister of Foreign Affairs Jon Baldvin (Hannibalsson) mentioning some of the Bahá'ís he has met: Will van den Hoonaard, Halldor Thorgeirsson, and John Walbridge Book excerpts. [about]
8. Circumpolar Regions (Arctic): History of the Baha'i Faith, by Will C. van den Hoonaard (1994). Encyclopedia articles. [about]
9. Community, Baha'i, by Will C. van den Hoonaard (1993). Encyclopedia articles. [about]
10. Development and Decline of an Early Bahá'í Community: Saint John, N.B., 1910-1925 , by Will C. van den Hoonaard, in Community Histories: Studies in the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions, Volume 6 (1992). The brief early history of the Saint John Bahá'ís. Established in 1910, the Bahá'í community struggled in the hostile environment of New Brunswick. In 1925 the community disappeared, to be reestablished only in recent times. Published Articles. [about]
11. Dilemmas and Prospects of Writing a Bahá'í Encyclopedia, by Will C. van den Hoonaard, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies, 2:1 (1989). The need for a Bahá’í encyclopedia and a description of the nature, organization, and editing of the encyclopedic dictionary project endorsed in 1984 by the United States Bahá’ís; dilemmas which accompany its undertaking.  Published Articles. [about]
12. East Africa, Bahá'í Communities in, by Will C. van den Hoonaard, in Encyclopaedia Iranica, Volume 7 (1996). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite. Encyclopedia articles. [about]
13. Emergence from Obscurity: The Journey of Sociology in the Bahá'í Community, by Will C. van den Hoonaard, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies, 18:1-4 (2008). The field of sociology and the Bahá’í Faith share important principles and both challenge widely-held beliefs, yet there has sometimes been a wall of silence separating them. This paper explores how the Faith informs the sociology of Bahá'í scholars. Published Articles. [about]
14. Family Life, by Will C. van den Hoonaard and Deborah K. van den Hoonaard (1995). Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, `Abdu'l-Bahá, and the Institutions, with commentary reviewing views on family life. Encyclopedia articles. [about]
15. Hidden Bounties: Memories of Pioneering on the Magdalene Islands, by Larry Rowdon: Review, by Will C. van den Hoonaard, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies, 6:2 (1994). Book Reviews. [about]
16. Inside The Origins of the Bahá'í Community of Canada 1898-1948: A Personal Narrative, by Will C. van den Hoonaard (1996). A detailed account of the author's experience researching, writing, and publishing this extensive historic study. Essays and short articles. [about]
17. Netherlands: History of the Baha'i Faith, by Will C. van den Hoonaard (1993). Encyclopedia articles. [about]
18. Night as Frontier: Some Implications for the Bahá'í Community, by Will C. van den Hoonaard, in Bahá'í Studies Review, 7 (1997). Sociological effects of night-shift employment and the nocturnal populace. Published Articles. [about]
19. Paradise and Paradigm, by Christopher Buck: Reviews, by Andrew Rippin and John Renard (2000). Three short reviews from Studies in Religion, Middle East Studies Association Bulletin, and Humanities. Book Reviews. [about]
20. Prejudice and Discrimination, by Will C. van den Hoonaard (1993). Prejudice is cultural. History shows no society is immune. U.S. Bahá'ís facilitated Racial Amity groups in the 20s and 30s, and found ignorance plus apathy are key factors in prejudice. Reducing it requires a universal commitment to the unity of humanity. Encyclopedia articles. [about]
21. Question of Gender in Canadian Baha'i History, The, by Will C. van den Hoonaard (1994). The position of Bahá'í women in the Canadian community and the extent to which they participated in teaching and administrative activities. Unpublished Articles. [about]
22. Registry of Early Canadian Believers, by Will C. van den Hoonaard (1987). A report on the recent progress in developing the Registry of Early Canadian Believers, 1893-1944, an adjunct project of A Short Encyclopedia of the Bahá'í Faith. Encyclopedia articles. [about]
23. Schopflocher, Siegfried, by Will C. van den Hoonaard (1993). Short biography of a prominent Baha''i from a German-Jewish background who served as a Hand of the Cause of God. Encyclopedia articles. [about]
24. Schopflocher, Siegfried, by Will C. van den Hoonaard, in The Bahá'í Encyclopedia (2009). On the Canadian Bahá’í of German-Jewish background named by Shoghi Effendi a Hand of the Cause of God in 1952. Encyclopedia articles. [about]
25. Social Activism Among Some Early Twentieth-Century Bahá'ís, by Will C. van den Hoonaard, in Socialist Studies, 2:1 (2006). Socialist involvement of some of Canada's earliest Bahá'ís, before and after the prohibition of involvement in political affairs. Published Articles. [about]
26. Social Organization of Mentorship in Bahá'í Studies, The, by Will C. van den Hoonaard, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies, 8:3 (1998). Mentorship in contemporary Bahá’í Studies is influenced by gender inequality, generational differences, and a perceived hierarchical order of disciplines. How can these limitations be overcome? Published Articles. [about]
27. Socio-demographic Characteristics of the Canadian Baha'i Community, by Will C. van den Hoonaard (1991). Statistics and analysis of enrollment and growth patterns. Unpublished Articles. [about]
28. "The Role of Material Goods in Spiritual Development," by Lin Poyer: Commentary, by Will C. van den Hoonaard, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies, 1:4 (1989). Book Reviews. [about]
29. Unfreezing the frame: The promise of inductive research in Bahá'í studies, by Will C. van den Hoonaard, in Bahá'í Studies Review, 10 (2001). The suitability of inductive analysis as a method in Bahá'í scholarship, and some stumbling blocks that inhibit the development of a Bahá'í methodology. Published Articles. [about]

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