The Common Good
September-October 2001

Temples, Shrines, Mosques, and Churches

by Rose Marie Berger, Susannah Hunter | September-October 2001

One of America's greatest strengths is our diversity of faith
traditions. New research suggests we're getting stronger every day.

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One of America's greatest strengths is our diversity of faith traditions. New research suggests we're getting stronger every day.

  • 85 percent of Christian congregations have a social ministry.

  • LA has the world's greatest variety of Buddhist communities.

  • 30 percent of American Muslims belong to the Nation of Islam.

  • American Muslims outnumber Presbyterians, Episcopalians, or Jews.

  • 45 percent of Christian churches have ecumenical worship.

  • Detroit is the center of urban Islam.

  • The first Hindu society in the U.S. was founded in 1894.

  • 8 percent of Christian congregations have interfaith ministries.

    • Compiled from research at the Hartford Institute for Religion Research and The Pluralism Project.
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