Charles  Haynes  PhD.

Born : 22nd July, 1949 - Durham, North Carolina, USA

 

 

AMERICAN

 

 

Charles is the son of Jane Haynes & the brother of Wendy Haynes Connor.

 

Check her webpage : https://www.meherbabatravels.com/his-close-ones/women/jane-barry-haynes/

 

 

Charles showing how Meher Baba would embrace you.
Charles showing how Meher Baba would embrace you.
1958 Meher Myrtle Beach Center : Photo Credit-Rocky Mountain Sahavas - Avatar Meher Baba Denver Center - Charles Haynes embrassing Baba with with Diane "3B" Cobb behind Charles.
1958 Meher Myrtle Beach Center : Photo Credit-Rocky Mountain Sahavas - Avatar Meher Baba Denver Center - Charles Haynes embrassing Baba with with Diane "3B" Cobb behind Charles.

Charles Haynes met Avatar Meher Baba at the age of eight on May 21, 1958, at Meher Spiritual Center in Myrtle Beach, SC. In November 1962, Charles participated in Meher Baba’s East-West Gathering held at Guruprasad in Poona, India. Charles served for more than twenty years on the Board of Directors of Meher Center. In his professional career, Charles is a Senior Fellow at the Freedom Forum in Washington, D.C. and Founding Director of the Freedom Forum's Religious Freedom Center.

 

Charles is author or co-author of eleven books, including five about Meher Baba: 

Meher Baba,The Awakener

The Day Becomes the Answer: Wit and Wisdom of Elizabeth, disciple of Meher Baba

Kissed by God: A Childhood Memoir of Meher Baba

Norina's Gift: Messages from Meher Baba received through Princess Norina Matchabelli (with Christopher Wilson); 

Her Happiness Was Baba: Countess Nadine Tolstoy, Disciple of Meher Baba (forthcoming, with Christopher Wilson).

 

Other books by Charles Haynes include:

Religion in American Life (W.W. Norton); 

First Freedoms: A Documentary History of First Amendment Rights in America (Oxford University Press);

Taking Religion Seriously in the Curriculum (ASCD).

 

Charles Haynes has a B.A. from Emory University, M.T.S. from Harvard Divinity School, and Ph.D. from Emory University. His honors include: Sanford N. McDonnell Lifetime Achievement Award in Character Education, 2017; Mahatma Gandhi Award for Promotion of Pluralism, 2017; Religious Liberty Award, North American Association for Religious Liberty, 2013; Religious Freedom Award, Council for America’s First Freedom, 2008;

Emory University Medal, 2005

 

Charles has been married for 33 years to Christopher Wilson. Christopher first visited Meher Spiritual Center on May 21, 1987. He earned his doctorate in Art History from George Washington University and has published widely on Spanish and Latin American art, especially depictions of St. Teresa of Avila and other members of the Discalced Carmelite Order. He teaches History and Art History at Holton-Arms School in Bethesda, MD and serves on the board of Sheriar Foundation. 

 

Charles and Christopher reside in Alexandria, VA with dog companions Jimmy and Elwood and dusky-headed conure José.



 

2016 : Artwork by Diana Le Page
2016 : Artwork by Diana Le Page
Charles holding car door open for Baba in  1958 on the Meher Center, Myrtle Beach, SC. Courtesy of Charles Haynes.
Charles holding car door open for Baba in 1958 on the Meher Center, Myrtle Beach, SC. Courtesy of Charles Haynes.
1962 : Guruprasad in Poona, India : Charles is left of Baba in the brown suit. Lud Dimpfl is on Baba's right & Anita de Caro
1962 : Guruprasad in Poona, India : Charles is left of Baba in the brown suit. Lud Dimpfl is on Baba's right & Anita de Caro
1964-5 - Avatar Meher Baba's Universal Message stand at the New York World Fair. Charles is on the far right with Kitty Davy & Jean Shaw also present. Courtesy of Charles Haynes
1964-5 - Avatar Meher Baba's Universal Message stand at the New York World Fair. Charles is on the far right with Kitty Davy & Jean Shaw also present. Courtesy of Charles Haynes
Charles with his mother Jane Barry Haynes on the Meher Center, Myrtle Beach, SC. Image courtesy of Charles Haynes.
Charles with his mother Jane Barry Haynes on the Meher Center, Myrtle Beach, SC. Image courtesy of Charles Haynes.
Brother & sister ( Wendy Connor )
Brother & sister ( Wendy Connor )
Baba with group including Charles at East West Gathering in Poona, India in 1962. Charles is behind Baba with fair hair. Courtesy of Charles Haynes.
Baba with group including Charles at East West Gathering in Poona, India in 1962. Charles is behind Baba with fair hair. Courtesy of Charles Haynes.
July 1975  : Charles with Dr. Goher & Pendu Irani at Meherzad. Photo taken by Ken Neunzig.
July 1975 : Charles with Dr. Goher & Pendu Irani at Meherzad. Photo taken by Ken Neunzig.
Charles with ( L-R ) Elizabeth, Kitty  & Margaret on Dilruba porch, Meher Center, Myrtle Beach, SC. Courtesy of Charles Haynes.
Charles with ( L-R ) Elizabeth, Kitty & Margaret on Dilruba porch, Meher Center, Myrtle Beach, SC. Courtesy of Charles Haynes.
2014 - Charles marrying Christopher Wilson
2014 - Charles marrying Christopher Wilson
Charles with Mani Irani and Heather Nadel behind her - India.
Charles with Mani Irani and Heather Nadel behind her - India.

Books written by Charles Haynes

 

 

MEHER BABA, THE AWAKENER

 

CHARLES HAYNES

 

1989 & 1993

 

Published by : Avatar Foundation Inc.

132 p.

 

 

 

 

THE DAY BECOMES THE ANSWER

Wit and Wisdom of Elizabeth, disciple of Meher Baba

 

CHARLES HAYNES

 

2019

 

Published by : Sheriar Foundation

87 pp.

 

 

 

 

 

KISSED BY GOD

My Childhood with Meher Baba

 

CHARLES HAYNES

 

2021

 

Published by : Sheriar Foundation

140 p.

 

NORINA'S GIFT

Messages from Meher Baba received through Princess Norina Matchabelli

 

Co-authored with Christopher Wilson

 

1997

 

Published by : EliNor Publications

166 p.

 

SEXUALITY ON THE SPIRITUAL PATH

 

Co-authored with Don Stevens, David Flanagan,

Davis Carter, Elias Petrides.....

 

2007

 

Published by : Companion Books

206 p.

Other published works :

 

 

Finding Common Ground

 

 

Co-authored with Oliver Thomas

 

2007

 

Published by : First Amendment Center

  --p.

 

Soft cover

 

First Freedoms:

A Documentary History of First Amendment Rights in America

 

 

 

Co-authored with Sam Chaltain & Susan M. Glisson

 

2006

 

Published by : Oxford University Press

256 p.

 

 

The First Amendment in Schools

 

 

Co-authored with Sam Chaltain, John Ferguson, David L. Hudson & Oliver Thomas

 

2003

 

Published by : ASCD

205 p.

 

Religion in American Public Life :

A Short History

 

 Co-authored with Azizah Y. al-Hibri

& Jean Bethke Elshtain

 

 

2001

 

Published by : W.W. Norton

206 p.

 

Religious Liberty & the Public Schools

 

 Charles Haynes

 

 

2001

 

Published by : Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation

50 p.

 

 

Taking Religion Seriously Across the Curriculum

 

 

Co-authored with Warren Nord

 

1998

 

Published by : Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development

221 p.

 

Religion in American History :

What to teach and How

 

Charles Haynes

 

1990

 

Published by : Association of Supervision & Curr.....

173 p.

Also Published : No cover image

Sphaerocarpales - Marchantiales, Sphaerocarpaceae, Riellaceae/Ricciaceae/Corsiniaceae, Targioniaceae, Sauteriaceae, Rebouliaceae, Marchantiaceae

2000  Published  by : New York Botanical Garden Pr Dept,

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