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Faith and Religion

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by Chris Hedlin January 31, 2022February 1, 2022

Confronting Pittsburgh’s religious past to understand and heal present divides.

Aishat Okunade, Asiya Uwimana and Lorena Montana Silva sit on the red carpeted floor of the prayer room of the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh, talking with one another.

Faith, Race, Place

What makes some houses of worship diverse and others not?

by Chris Hedlin January 31, 2022February 1, 2022

Rev. John C. Welch stands in front of an altar in Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church.

Faith, Race, Place

Why does my neighborhood have so many old churches and synagogues?

by Chris Hedlin January 31, 2022February 1, 2022

A black and white photo of the front arched entrance of St. Mary's Help of Christians church in McKees Rocks with a wedding party spilling out onto the front steps

Faith, Race, Place

Old-world tensions, new beginnings: What I learned of Pittsburgh’s ethnic parishes from my Slovak Catholic grandmother.

by First-person essay by Agnes Howard January 31, 2022January 29, 2022

The “Immigrant mother gives her sons for American industry” mural by artist Maxo Vanka, as seen inside St. Nicholas Catholic Church in Millvale. (Photo by Ryan Loew/PublicSource)

Faith, Race, Place

Why are there images of war on the back wall of a Catholic church in Millvale?

by Chris Hedlin January 31, 2022February 23, 2022

Rabbi Sharyn Henry of Rodef Shalom Congregation walks the Torah around the main sanctuary during a recent Shabbat service. (Photo by Ryan Loew/PublicSource)

Faith, Race, Place

Why did Rodef Shalom once have a swimming pool? What class and culture divides shaped early Pittsburgh Judaism?

by Chris Hedlin January 31, 2022February 2, 2022

Aparna Rayaprol, pictured with her spouse Vinod Pavarala in front of the Sri Venkateswara Temple, a multi-tiered ornate white building, in Penn Hills in 1992.

Faith, Race, Place

How did the Sri Venkateswara Temple’s founding help shape South Indian immigrants’ identities?

by Chris Hedlin January 31, 2022February 14, 2022

Sarahjameela Martin, president of the Muslim Women’s Association of Pittsburgh, sits inside the Few of a Kind Store in Bloomfield. Proceeds from the store, which sells books and other items, are used to support the association. (Photo by Ryan Loew/PublicSource)

Faith, Race, Place

Who were Pittsburgh’s earliest Muslims? Who built the city’s first mosque?

by Chris Hedlin January 31, 2022February 17, 2022

Eric Lidji, photographed leaving on a library table with a large mural of Pittsburgh behind him, is director of the Rauh Jewish Archives at the Heinz History Center. (Photo by Ryan Loew/PublicSource)

Faith, Race, Place

How did Jewish life in Pittsburgh end up centered in Squirrel Hill?

by Chris Hedlin January 31, 2022January 31, 2022

Eva Hui sits in front of a shrine from Nepal at the Three Rivers Tibetan Cultural Center.

Faith, Race, Place

When did Tibetan Buddhism come to Pittsburgh? How did it start?

by Chris Hedlin January 31, 2022January 31, 2022

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