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Faith and Religion

Special project: Faith, Race, Place

by Chris Hedlin January 31, 2022February 1, 2022

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

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

Pastor Dale Snyder speaking into a microphone as others on the stage listen at the Bethel AME outdoor worship event.

Faith, Race, Place

How did Pittsburgh’s oldest Black church form? What was its role in the Underground Railroad and fighting slavery?

by Chris Hedlin January 31, 2022April 6, 2022

Rev. Paul Abernathy, priest at St. Moses the Black Orthodox Church in the Hill District and CEO of the Neighborhood Resilience Project, stands in front of a red wall with religious images behind him. (Photo by Ryan Loew/PublicSource)

Faith, Race, Place

Why is Pittsburgh called the ‘breadbasket’ of the Orthodox Church in America?

by Chris Hedlin January 31, 2022January 31, 2022

Peter Gilmore photographed standing amid the pews with an arched window behind him at Sixth Presbyterian Church. (Photo by Kaycee Orwig/PublicSource)

Faith, Race, Place

How did once-marginalized Presbyterians become part of Western Pennsylvania’s in-group?

by Chris Hedlin January 31, 2022January 31, 2022

Aliya Khan (left), Julie Webb (middle) and Malki Frank (right) photographed at Classic Lines bookstore in Squirrel Hill. (photo by Kaycee Orwig/PublicSource)

Faith and Religion

How are Pittsburghers bridging divides between faiths? Where does interfaith understanding start?

by Chris Hedlin January 31, 2022January 31, 2022

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