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    Interfaith Infrastructure

    "Interfaith Infrastructure" is the Pluralism Project's survey of interfaith efforts taking place across the U.S. While the term “interfaith” might include everything from informal personal relationships to formal meetings of religious leaders, this section takes a sharper focus on organizations. Many of these efforts are local, whether born out of crisis, context, or civic purpose; some focus on dialogue, activism, or education. Here, we offer a glimpse of an emerging interfaith movement by documenting a range of...

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    A Changing Religious Landscape

    The religious landscape of America is changing. In the past fifty years, new immigrants have arrived from all over the world seeking political freedom and economic prosperity. They have come with their cultural and religious traditions, their Qur’ans and Bhagavad Gitas, their rituals, prayers,  and forms of mediation, their songs, dances, and arts. They have put down roots in American soil and created community centers and sacred spaces.

    At first, many of the changes in America’s religious landscape were relatively invisible. There was no new architecture to catch the eye...

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    Westwood Interfaith Council

    This data was last updated on 30 October 2020.

    Address: First Baptist Church of Westwood, 11 Eastman Avenue, Westwood, MA 02090
    Phone: 781-461-1730
    Email: office@fbcwestwood.org
    Mission and Activities: The primary goal of the Council is to foster relationships between religious communities through education and mutual support. The Council identifies the religious community's response to the 1981 destruction of a Jewish synagogue by arson as the primary source of their commitment. At that time,...

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