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Rev. Mary Katherine Allman
A Study of Religious Diversity in Episcopal Schools

Survey Form

Article – Chaplaincy Amidst Religious Diversity

Essay by a Muslim Student Attending an Episcopal School in Memphis, Tennessee

Dr. Vivodh Z.J. Anand
Edison's Navratri: A Report on Religious Conflict in the Community

Dr. Vivienne SM. Angeles
Study of Filipino Communities in Philadelphia

Photographic Images – "Sinulog" in Philadelphia

Dr. Linda Barnes
The Boston Healing Landscape Project

Article – Boston Project Explores Spirituality and Healing

Dr. Helen J. Baroni and Ms. Jane E. F. Tam
Zen in Hawai'i: From Ethnic Communities to American Innovations

Mr. Joel Beversluis
Documenting the Growth, Leaders, and Activities of the Interfaith Movement in North America

A Portrait of North American Interfaith Organizations and Activities

Survey Form

Dr. Regina A. Boisclair
The Spiritual Environment of Greater Anchorage

Mr. Patrice Brodeur and other faculty
The Pluralism Project at Connecticut College

Article – Shared Sacred Space

Dr. Karen McCarthy Brown
The Newark Project

Dr. Joan Chatfield, M.M.
Mapping Project for Hawai'i: Phase One

Dr. Yudit Kornberg Greenberg and Dr. Arnold Wettstein
Religious Life in Orlando, Florida (1900-1999)

Profile – Greater Orlando Baha'i Center

Profile – Islamic Society of Central Florida

Profile – Jains of Central Florida

Profile – Long Van Temple

Profile – Padmasambhava Buddhist Center

Profile – Siddha Yoga Meditation Center of Orlando

Profile – SGI-USA Orlando

Profile – Wat Florida Dhammaram

Syllabus – Religion in America

Dr. Alf Hiltebeitel, Dr. Paul Duff, and other faculty
Mapping Religious Pluralism in Washington, D.C.

Profile – Chinmaya Mission Washington Regional Center

Profile – Two Rivers Zen Center

Profile – United States Zen Institute of Washington DC

Profile – Wat Thai Washington DC

Dr. Claude F. Jacobs
Mapping the Religious Landscape of Metropolitan Detroit

Dr. Jeanne H. Kilde and Dr. Gayle Graham Yates
Mapping Religious Pluralism in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Area

Syllabus – American Religion, Twentieth Century

Syllabus – Religion and American Culture

Syllabus – Thought and Practice of American Religions

Dr. Gary Laderman
Religious Life and Death in Atlanta's New Religious Communities

Dr. Mark W. MacWilliams
Mapping the New Religious Landscape of the North Country (Upstate New York)

Syllabus – Exploring American Spiritual Worlds

Dr. Aminah Beverly McCloud
Muslims in Major Midwestern Cities

Syllabus – Islam in the United States

Syllabus – Representation of Muslim Women in Text

Dr. Vasudha Narayanan
Profiling Hindu Temples in Georgia, Florida, and Michigan

Photographic Images – Atlanta, Georgia

Photographic Images – Gainesville, Florida

Photographic Images – Inverness, Florida

Photographic Images – Michigan, Illinois, California

Map of Hindu Temples in the U.S.

Dr. Paul D. Numrich
The Buddhist Chicago Project

Photographic Images – Page One

Photographic Images – Page Two

Photographic Images – Page Three

Photographic Images – Page Four

Map of Chicago-Area Buddhist Centers

Dr. David Odell-Scott and Dr. Surinder Bardwaj
Mapping religious communities of post-1965 immigrants in Northern Ohio

Akron Beacon Journal Article

Dr. Karen Pechilis Prentiss, Dr. Dorothy Austin, Dr. Wesley Ariarajah, and Dr. Christopher Taylor
Historical Religions New to the American Context in Northern and Central New Jersey

Photographic Images – Hindu Temples in New Jersey

Photographic Images – Bridgewater Temple

Photographic Images – Durga Mandir

Essay – New Jersey: Religious Pluralism in the Northern and Central Suburbs

Essay – The Pattern of Hinduism and Hindu Temple Building in the U.S.

Essay – Making of a Hindu Temple: A Case Study of Sri Venkateswara Temple, Bridgewater, New Jersey

Essay – Dialogue and Spirituality: Can We Pray Together?

Dr. Russell Rhoads, Mr. Joel Beversluis and Ms. Ghazala Munir
Reaching Out: Minority Religions and Community Service in West Michigan

Photographic Images – Jain Temple Dedication

Dr. E. Allen Richardson and Dr. Cate Cameron
Religious Diversity and the Re-definition of Community in Pennsylvania's Anthracite Coal Region

Article from The Morning Call Newspaper

Dr. Thomas Russell and Dr. Lawrence Snyder
Bible Belt Religion: Mapping the Religious Landscape of "The Corridor"

Article – "Bible Belt getting stretched in Nashville"

Article – "Jains tread gentle path to peace"

Dr. Steve Schroeder
Mapping the Miami Valley's Religious Landscape (Ohio)

Mr. Pravin Shah
Jainism Resource Center

Mr. Kris Snibbe
The Lotus Field: Photographs of Cambodian Khmer Theravada Buddhist Communities in the Boston Area

Dr. Jeanne Matthews Sommer
Asheville's Spiritual Odyssey

Interfaith Online – Asheville's Spiritual Odyssey

Dr. Claude Stulting, Dr. Sam Britt and Dr. Alfons Teipen
Mapping the Religious Landscape in South Carolina

Photgraphic Images – Hindu Society of Greater Spartansburg

Photgraphic Images – Hindu Temple and Cultural Center of South Carolina

Photgraphic Images – Masjid as-Salaam and Sikh Religious Society of South Carolina

Photgraphic Images – Baha'is in South Carolina

Photgraphic Images – Islamic Center, Florence Muslim Center, and Masjid al-Muslimiin

Dr. Thomas A. Tweed
Buddhism in North Carolina Project

Dr. Craig Steven Wansink
Religious Diversity and Assimilation in Hampton Roads, Virginia

Ms. Caroline Wood
Five Faiths Project

Photgraphic Images – Religious objects from the permanent collection of the Ackland Art Museum

Photgraphic Images – "Visions of Faith," Children's Photography

Profile – Ar-Razzaq Islamic Center

Profile – Hindu Bhavan

Profile – Immaculate Conception Catholic Church

Durham Herald-Sun articles on Five Faiths Project

 

High School Teacher Affiliates

Ms. Bridgette Hajduk
Comparative World Religions

Photgraphic Images – Buddhism

Syllabus – Comparative World Religions

Mr. Ronnie Lynn Holley
Encountering World Religions in Dallas, Texas

Mr. James Stallman

 

Student Research Affiliates

 

Articles

Interview with Diana Eck, by Bob Abernethy

Commentary on Religious Pluralism in America, by R. Scott Hanson, Raymond B. Williams, and Tony Carnes

Neighboring Faiths: How will Americans Cope with Increasing Religious Diversity?, by Diana L. Eck

The Challenge of Pluralism, by Diana L. Eck

The Religious Melting Pot in Boston, by Diana L. Eck

True Liberty Cherishes Difference, by Diana L. Eck

Chaplaincy Amidst Religious Diversity, by Rev. Mary Katherine Allman

Dialogue and Spirituality: Can We Pray Together?, by S. Wesley Ariarajah

Shared Sacred Space: New Religious Communities versus the Planning and Zoning Commission of New London, CT, by Patrice C. Brodeur and Susan F. Morrison

 

Center Profiles

Ar-Razzaq Islamic Center, Durham, NC

Chinmaya Mission Washington Regional Center, Silver Spring, MD

Greater Orlando Baha'i Center, Orlando, FL

Hindu Bhavan, Morrisville, NC

Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Durham, NC

Islamic Society of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

Jains of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

Long Van Temple, Orlando, FL

Mount Baldy Zen Center, Mt. Baldy, CA

Padmasambhava Buddhist Center, Longwood, FL

Siddha Yoga Meditation Center of Orlando, Winter Park, FL

SGI-USA Orlando, Apopka, FL

Two Rivers Zen Center, Missoula, MT

United States Zen Institute of Washington DC, Germantown, MD

Wat Florida Dhammaram, Kissimmee, FL

Wat Thai Washington DC, Silver Spring, MD

 

Grant Applications

Affiliate Grants

Teacher Affiliate Grants

Research Guidelines

Research Template

 

Events

Women's Networks in Multi-Religious America: After September 11, November 2, 2001

Student Research Conference, October 23, 2001

Interfaculty Working Group, September 2000 - May 2001

Participants

Schedule

Consultation on Women's Networks in Multi-Religious America, April 28 & 29, 2001

NEH Summer Seminar for School Teachers: World Religions in America, June 26-August 4, 2000

Expanded Seminar Syllabus

Participants

Guidelines for Field Visits

Dear Colleague Letter

Symposium on Civil Society and Multireligious America, November 18-20, 1999

Photographs

Participants

Article – "Students Focus on Faith"

Consultation on Religious Discrimination and Accommodation, May 17, 1999

Article – "Getting Along in America's New Religious Neighborhood"

 

Publications

A New Religious America

On Common Ground: World Religions in America CD-ROM

World Religions in Boston

Becoming the Buddha in L.A.

 

Resources

Audio/Video

Bibliographies

NEH Summer Seminar for Teachers (2000) Bibliography

On Common Ground (1997) Bibliographies:

America's Pluralism: General Bibliography

Afro-Caribbean Traditions

Baha'i

Buddhism

Christianity

Confucianism

Hinduism

Islam

Jainism

Judaism

Native Peoples' Traditions

Paganism

Shinto

Sikhism

Taoism

Zoroastrianism

Calendar – Conferences and Special Events

Calendar – Religious

Directory of Religious Centers in the U.S. (searchable)

Images

Selected Links

Native American Resources

Project Files

Public Square

Statistics

Statistics by Tradition

Geographic Distribution of Religious Centers

Syllabi

World Religions: Diversity and Dialogue, Dr. Diana Eck, Harvard University

World Religions in America: NEH Summer Seminar, Dr. Diana Eck, Harvard University

Religion in Multicultural America, Dr. Diana Eck, Harvard University

Pluralism in America: Seminar , Dr. Diana Eck, Harvard University

World Religions in the Lens of America: The Problematic of Pluralism, Dr. Diana Eck, Harvard University

American Religion, Twentieth Century, Dr. Jeanne H. Kilde, Macalester College

Exploring American Spiritual Worlds, Dr. Mark MacWilliams, Holmes College

Islam in the United States, Dr. Aminah B. McCloud, DePaul University

Representation of Muslim Women in Text, Dr. Aminah B. McCloud, DePaul University

Religion in America, Dr. Arnold Wettstein, Rollins College

Thought and Practice of American Religions, Dr. Gayle Graham Yates, University of Minnesota

Religion and American Culture, Dr. Gayle Graham Yates, University of Minnesota

Teachers' Resources