RELIGION IN WESTERN NEW YORK PROJECT AT CANISIUS COLLEGE

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by Jonathan Lawrence | Oct 31, 2018 | News

Welcome to the Religion in Western New York Project at Canisius College. Since 2011 my students and I have been investigating religious diversity in Buffalo, NY and the surrounding region through oral histories, visits to congregations, and archival materials. We...

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Welcome

Welcome to the Religion in Western New York Project at Canisius College.

Since 2011 Rev. Dr. Jonathan David Lawrence has been documenting religious diversity in Buffalo, NY.

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Spotlight Projects

Dr. Lawrence and his students have created several special projects based on the interviews and material they have collected:

Voices of Justice (Movie, 2013)
Listening to Diverse Voices (TEDxBuffalo, 2012)

News

Coming soon

Virtual Reality tour of Christ the King Chapel at Canisius College focusing on imagery in the stained glass windows
Highlights from Mormon Hill Cumorah Pageant, 2018
Interviews with Catholic nuns from Sisters of Saint Mary of Namur
Catalog of episodes of Kaleidoscope TV show, along with discussion materials
Catalog of oral history videos and visits to local congregations

NOTE – since this site is still under construction, some features and pages may change, but the information should still be available and if you have made a link to a page, the permalinks should not change. If you have any questions, please use the contact link.

Community Guidelines

This project is intended to promote respectful dialogue and better understanding about religious traditions. Comments and questions that further that objective are welcomed. Comments that are disrespectful, offensive, or otherwise problematic will be removed at the discretion of the project director. Individuals who continue to violate these guidelines will be blocked from commenting.

Views shared in interviews do not reflect the views of Canisius College or the Religion in Western New York Project.

Credits

The Religion in Western NY Project by Jonathan David Lawrence is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Congregations in Buffalo

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