Image Courtesy Denton Taylor
Image Courtesy Denton
Taylor
This page contains links to student projects from the Fall 1996 and Spring 1998 offerings of Religious Worlds of New York, a seminar-workshop that focuses on religious diversity in the city. With the support of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, each member of the class engaged in fieldwork in a community and explored, experienced, and engaged the religious and social life of its members. Listed below are excerpts from some of the papers, information about the topics of other research projects, as well as links to various web sites.
Click on the highlighted text for excepts from some of the projects or to connect to the web page of one of the religious communities our students encountered.
| Fall 1996 Michelle Caswell, Hindu Sacred Space on American Soil: The Divya Dham Temple of Woodside, Queens Michelle Gucovsky, Identity in an Ethiopian Evangelical Church Maggie Osdoby Katz, Culture,
Faith, and Identity: Connie Lee, Hope of Israel Church, Kings Highway, Brooklyn
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Spring 1998 Alexis
Krajeski, The
New York Baha'i
Community Adam R. Long, The Queens Presbyterian English Ministry: Past,
Present and Future Sarah Rosenthal, An Inquiry into A Course In Miracles Marta Rodriguez, Art and Artists in the Cathedral of St. John
the Divine Sarah Skaroff, Parochial Schools: A Prayer for Success? |
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| Rachel Andron, Muslims
and Mystery: A Study of the Islamic Cultural Center of New York Menachem
Creditor, The Carlebach Shul Emily Dubin, Integral Yoga Institute: Moving
Beyond Religion, Practicing Spirituality Katharine Gratwick, Tourism in the Cathedral of
Saint John the Divine Melinda Hayes, Anti-Cult Networks Sarah Hochman, Ayurveda and Its Practice in New York Jason G. Klein, You're Ukrainian? Sort Of. You're
American? Sort Of. Dennis Machado, Ch'an Buddhism in Elmhurst Heather McGeory, The Wisdom Religion, Sacred
Space, and Community: The United Lodge of Theosophists Matthew Morningstar, The American Mosaic: Culture and Assimilation at Our Lady of Refuge, Flatbush, Brooklyn Catherine Park, The Columbia Hindu Students
Organization: Avani Patel, Comparative Jewish Religions in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens: Differing Observances of the Laws of Kashruth Joanna Ramani, Chanukah, Challa, and Ansche
Chesed: Jewish Identity in New York City Crystal Stinson, Introduction and Education into the New York Buddhist Church Ana M. Valentin, The Fascinating Worlds of Santeria Gabrielle A. Zimmerman, Sikh Identity in New York
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Eric D. Ben-Meir, The Role of
Jesus Christ in the Spiritual Path of the Self-Realization Fellowship Self-Realization Fellowship Home Page Christine Boyle, The New York Buddhist Church: A Community in Transition Aundrea Fares, The New York Shambhala Center Anne Harmsen, Interfaith Marriages Edythe Hanus, Muslim Professional Women at the Islamic Cultural Center of New York Erin Markley, A Home for Everyone: Who Belongs at Times Square
Church Song Park, Agnihotra: The Home of the Healing Fire Abbie Yamamoto, Masjid Malcolm Shabazz, Past and Present |