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 City: |
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 |