TY  - BOOK
AU  - R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingham
TI  - Music, Devotions, and Mashriqu'l-Adhkár
SN  - 0-933770-16-2
PY  - 1987///
CY  - Los Angeles
PB  - Kalimat Press
KW  - Music
KW  - Baha'i Faith
KW  - Mashriqu’l-Adhkár
KW  - Houses of Worship
KW  - Musicians
N1  - This book offers an in-depth and scholarly examination of the development of music and devotional life within the American Bahá’í community through the lens of the Chicago community from its beginnings in the 1890s to the mid-1980s. The book relates the early history of the use of music and devotions among the early Bahá’ís of Chicago, the development of Bahá’í hymns, the opposition to their use, and their eventual abandonment.

He then turns his attention to the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár, the Bahá’í Temple, in Wilmette, Illinois; the history of the design, construction of the Temple, and controversies which surrounded both. Finally, he examines worship in the Temple since its dedication in 1953. It is an absorbing study and vital addition to the library of any student of Bahá’í history
N2  - An examination of the development of musical and devotional life in the American Bahá'í community, particularly the growth and eventual abandonment of Bahá'í hymnology, and the nature of worship in the Wilmette temple
ER  -