Philip Hainsworth
Philip Hainsworth | |
|---|---|
 Philip (left) and his wife Lois at celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Bahá’í Faith in Uganda. | |
| Born | July 27, 1919 |
| Died | December 16, 2001 |
| NSA member | British Isles 1947 - 1951 1967 - 1972 Central & East Africa 1956 - 1964 United Kingdom 1972 - 1993 |
Philip Hainsworth (27 July, 1919 - December 16, 2001) was an English Bahá’í who served on the National Spiritual Assembly of the British Isles and also pioneered to Africa where he helped establish Bahá’í communities across the continent perhaps most notably in Uganda.
Biography[edit]
Hainsworth was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, in 1919. He became a Bahá’í in 1938 and was an active member of the community traveling across England and Northern Ireland to assist with establishing Bahá’í communities and Local Spiritual Assemblies and he was elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of the British Isles. During the Second World War he served in the British Army as a member of the Royal Army Medical Corps which allowed him to abstain from active combat.[1]
In 1951 Hainsworth pioneered to Africa to support the African Campaign inaugurated by Shoghi Effendi to establish Bahá’í communities on the continent.[2] He initially settled in Kampala, Uganda, arriving in August 1951 working alongside pioneers from Iran, including Músá Banání,[3] but also traveled extensively to support nascent communities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Rwanda, and Tanzania prompting Shoghi Effendi to refer to him as the "spiritual Stanley of Africa".[2]
In 1956 Hainsworth married Lois Houchin and they went on to have three children. The same year he was elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of Central & East Africa when it was established and served on the body for a decade.[2]
At some point Hainsworth returned to England where he was re-elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of the British Isles and wrote several Bahá’í books and notably edited the compilation Unfolding Destiny which collected letters from Shoghi Effendi to the British Isles. In 2001 Hainsworth returned to Uganda to participate in the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Bahá’í Faith in the country shortly before his passing.[2]
Publications[edit]
Authored[edit]
- 1978 - Marriage: A Bahá’í View[4]
- 1980 - The Bahá’í Faith (with Mary Perkins)[4]
- 1985 - Bahá’í Focus on Human Rights[4]
- 1986 - Bahá’í Focus on Peace[5]
- 1998 - Historical Dictionary of the Bahá’í Faith (with Hugh C. Adamson)[6]
- 2005 - Looking Back in Wonder (with Lois Hainsworth)[7]
Edited[edit]
- 1981 - Unfolding Destiny: The Messages from the Guardian of the Bahá’í Faith to the Bahá’í Community of the British Isles[8]
External links[edit]
Links that can be used to help build this article:
- http://www.bci.org/bahais_of_derry/ph.htm
- http://news.bahai.org/story/135
- http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/se/UD/ud-668.html
- http://media.bahai.org/subjects/locations/temples/uganda/5100/details
- http://media.bahai.org/subjects/locations/temples/uganda/4703/details
References[edit]
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (2003). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 30 (2001-2002), Pg(s) 304. View as PDF.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (2003). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 30 (2001-2002), Pg(s) 305. View as PDF.
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (2003). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 30 (2001-2002), Pg(s) 117. View as PDF.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Collins, W. P. (1990). Bibliography of English-Language Works on the Babi and Baha'i Faiths 1844-1985. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-315-1., p 86.
- ↑ https://www.amazon.com/Bahai-Focus-Peace-Philip-Hainsworth/dp/0900125691
- ↑ https://books.google.com.au/books/about/Historical_Dictionary_of_the_Bah%C3%A1_%C3%AD_Fa.html?id=5b4QAQAAIAAJ&redir_esc=y
- ↑ https://www.waterstones.com/book/looking-back-in-wonder/philip-hainsworth/lois-hainsworth/9780954964900
- ↑ https://bahai-library.com/shoghi-effendi_unfolding_destiny
