The local compared to the national religious landscape

The local compared to the national religious landscape LOCAL RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY AND PLURALITY

METHODS � 5400 S. Redwood Rd 3. 3 Mile radius � Measured Google Earth Overlay � Google search of key terms � Google Earth places layer for churches � Links to self-posted religious organization websites � Comparison of the local and national landscapes � Visits to two local minority religious sites

OUR STUDY AREA

CATEGORICAL DENOMINATIONS Primary Religious Buildings Restorative Protestant Catholic Buddhist Pagan Islamic Russian Orthodox Sikh

COMPOSITION OF CATEGORICAL DENOMINATIONS � 28 Protestant churches representing 11 distinct branches � 79 Restorative churches representing 2 distinct branches � 2 Buddhist temples representing 2 regional groups � 1 Russian orthodox church � 1 Islamic mosque representing 1 sect � 1 Conglomeration of Pagan sects in 1 church � 1 Sikh temple

NATIONAL RELIGIOUS CENSUS Religious Category by Percentage Population Restorative Protestant Catholic Buddhist Pagan Islamic Russian Orthodox

LOCAL VS NATIONAL Religious Category by Percentage Population Primary Religious Buildings

INTERPRETING THE DATA � religions(LDS and Jehovah's Witnesses) become a 3% minority. � Protestants become a 63% majority. � Catholics went from 3% to 29% � The minority religions locally stayed about the same with a 1% decrease for Buddhism. � Nationally Sikh accounts for less than 0. 5%.

WHAT’S MISSING LOCALLY? � Absent locally were Hindu 0. 7%, Other World Religions 0. 3%, Other Faiths 1. 5%. This was due to an absence of representative buildings within our study area. � Also absent were belief groups that don’t generally have buildings and aren’t widely considered religions: Unaffiliated "nones“ 22. 8%, Atheist 3. 1%, Agnostic 4. 0%, Nothing in particular 15. 8%, Don't know 0. 6%.

AL RASOOL ISLAMIC CENTER • • Shia Islamic Center and listed mosque. Established in 2002. Currently a center of worship for primarily Iranian, Pakistani, and Iraqi Shia Muslims The only Shia mosque with a full time clergy, and Jafari authority. Photo by Al Sahlani, Ahlul Bayt News Agency

AL RASOOL SERVICES � � � Daily 5 corporate prayers are held at prescribed solar event times. Emsak-pre-dawn, Fajrdawn, Shurouq –sun-up, Dhohr- noon, Magrib and Eftar- sunset. Women are asked to wear a hijab and pray separately Islamic Basics Course- a twelve week once a week class open to those willing to learn. Friday sermons Internationally renown guest speakers Jafari Legal resources Photo by Trent Nelson, Salt Lake Tribune

AL RASOOL AND THE COMMUNITY � Al Rasool supports interfaith as part of the larger Al Rasool movement working with the Alavi Foundation and ISNA. � Sponsors the SLAM multicultural events and refugee assistance. � Al Rasool supports Islamic unity events like Eid and Ashura events.

AL RASOOL: CHALLLENGES � Anti-Islam sentiment (backlash from current events, fear and ignornance) � Anti-Palestine sentiment � The formation of an Iraqi Islamic Center � Limited funding Photo by Adam Gurtler

CHUA LIEN HUA BUDDHIST TEMPLE �A Vietnamese Buddhist Temple open to all � Etsablished in April 2011 by Te Phan after 10 years of community donations. � Founder was a former Vietnam war POW Photo by Sandra Gaughan

CHUA LIEN HUA SERVICES Prayers and offerings � New Years celebrations � Youth substance abuse resistance and community involvement programs � Sunday youth meetings � Training to become a monk of the Rinzai line of Vietnamese Zen at Chua Lien Hoa � Photos by Sandra Gaughan

AL RASOOL: CHALLLENGES � Immigrant concerns � Youth delinquency Photo by Sandra Gaughan

RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY LOCALLY � Diversity is present and has been increasing in presence and numbers. � Pluralism is still a challenge with much diversity being new and many minority religions and majority religions keeping to themselves on major social issues and only ceremoniously uniting a few times a year.

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WORKS CITED America’s Changing Religious Landscape. Pew Forum. org. http: //www. pewforum. org/2015/05/12/amer icas-changing-religious-landscape/ � (Al Sahlani) Photographs of Al Rasool Islamic Center. http: //en. abna 24. com/service/pictorial/archive/2015/1 0/10/714414/story. html � “Kirby: A Mormon faces toward Mecca. ” www. sltrib. com. Jul 07 2015. Photos by Trent Nelson. � Conversation with Ghulam Hasnain. Febraury 1 2016. �

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