Confronting Pittsburgh’s religious past to understand and heal present divides.
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Hi, PublicSource readers! Chris here.
For the last four months, I’ve spoken with historians, archivists, faith leaders and community members to unpack Pittsburgh’s religious past and understand how it shapes the present. The result? Faith, Race, Place. ([link removed])
Faith, Race, Place is a series of stories that shows how factors like immigration, racism, industry and geography have shaped how and where Pittsburghers worship. The stories were inspired by questions I’ve repeatedly heard in conversations, questions like: Who were the first Black Protestants ([link removed]) in the region? Why are there so many churches or synagogues ([link removed]) in my neighborhood? How did the Sri Venkateswara Temple ([link removed]) come to be?
The project also documents how today’s faith communities are working to heal historical divides or bring people of different religions, races and ethnicities together.
Faith, Race, Place is ready for you to explore. I’d love to know what you think.
—Faith & religion reporter Chris Hedlin,
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** Explore the Faith, Race, Place series
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** Why does my neighborhood have so many old churches and synagogues? ([link removed])
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** How did Jewish life in Pittsburgh end up centered in Squirrel Hill? ([link removed])
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** When did Tibetan Buddhism come to Pittsburgh? How did it start? ([link removed])
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** What makes some houses of worship diverse and others not? ([link removed])
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** Who were Pittsburgh’s earliest Muslims? Who built the city’s first mosque? ([link removed])
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** How did once-marginalized Presbyterians become part of Western Pennsylvania’s in-group? ([link removed])
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** Why are there images of war on the back wall of a Catholic church in Millvale? ([link removed])
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** How did the Sri Venkateswara Temple’s founding help shape South Indian immigrants’ identities? ([link removed])
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** Old-world tensions, new beginnings: What I learned of Pittsburgh’s ethnic parishes from my Slovak Catholic grandmother. ([link removed])
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** How did Pittsburgh’s oldest Black church form and what was its role in fighting slavery? ([link removed])
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** Why is Pittsburgh called the ‘breadbasket’ of the Orthodox Church in America? ([link removed])
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** What class and culture divides shaped early Pittsburgh Judaism? ([link removed])
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** How are Pittsburghers bridging divides between faiths? ([link removed])
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