Religious Diversity

James Andrews, Moriah Davis, Yoshiya Kawamura, Nayely Moran, Peter Muvunyi
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake Temple
Percentage of religion in Salt Lake City
● LDS ● 60%
● Catholic ● 9%
● Other Christian ● 1%
● Pentecostal ● .8%
● Jewish ● .7%
● Baptist ● .7%
● Lutheran ● .6%
● Eastern ● .5%
● Islam ● .5%
● Presbyterian ● .4%
● Episcopalian ● .3%
Percentages of religion in Utah
● LDS ● 71.8%
● Catholic ● .2%
● Other Christian ● 8.5%
● Pentecostal ● .4%
● Jewish ● .2%
● Baptist ● .7%
● Lutheran ● .4%
● Eastern ● .5%
● Islam ● .1%
● Presbyterian ● .1%
● Episcopalian ● .5%
Percentages of religion in Oregon
● LDS ● 4%
● Catholic ● 10.8%
● Other Christian ● 7.9%
● Pentecostal ● 2.7%
● Jewish ● 0.2%
● Baptist ● 1.2%
● Lutheran ● 1.5%
● Eastern ● 0.6%
● Islam ● 0.1%
● Presbyterian ● 1.0%
● Episcopalian ● 0.5%
Percentage of religion in the nation
● LDS ● 1.6%
● Catholic ● 20.8%
● Other Christian ● 48.3%
● Jewish ● 1.9%
● Buddhist ● 0.7%
● Hindu ● 0.7%
● Islam ● 0.9%
● Atheist ● 3.1%
● Agnostic ● 4.0%
SITE VISIT- LDS CHURCH
History

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints is a church founded in the days of

Jesus Christ and restored by Joseph Smith in 1830. As Joseph was praying one day to
know which church to join, he had a vision in which God the Father and Jesus Christ
appeared to him to tell him none of the churches were true and he was to restore the
true church again upon the earth. He later translated the Book of Mormon, which
members of this church read and believe to be holy scripture.
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Other Facts

● Anyone is welcome to come and worship

● Church headquarters are located in SLC, UT
● Church service takes place weekly for two hours every sunday
● Members look to serve those around them in their community
● Funds are set up to help those in need, especially in times of disaster
● Members have faced many challenges, especially in the beginning, mainly having to do with
discrimination and persecution.
● Things that make Mormons unique include: The Book of Mormon, belief in a living Prophet, Temples,
and missionaries (18-19 year old boys and girls sent out to various locations to preach about the church)
SITE VISIT- Al-Huda Islamic Center
Points

● Proper name is a Masjid.

● Al-Huda means right guidance
● Anyone is welcome to worship
(pray)
● Majority of the congregation are
of Somali background
● Service is around prayer time
● Five Prayers (Morning, Midday,
5pm, Sunset, and Night)
everyday
● Five Pillars: Shahadah (God and
Prophet), Salah (prayer), Sawm
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(fasting), Zakah (tax), and Hajj
(pilgrimage)
SITE VISIT- Al-Huda Islamic Center
Points

● Shoes are placed in the entrance

hall
● First the purification room
(wudu)
● Wash hands properly, rinse
mouth(3x), splash water into
nostrils and blow (3x), face (3x),
wrist to elbow (3x), pass wet
hands from the start of forehead
hair to the back head neck hair
and come back, Clean outside
and inside of both ears, and feet
The Path of righteous
(3x) right food first till auckle
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Structure

● Mihrab-closest object to Mecca

(north west)
● Seats are available for guests and
“members”
● The prayer floor is carpet with
repeating mihrab prints pointing
to the Mihrab
● Security

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Prayer

● A believer calls for prayer

● Imam leads the prayer while
facing the mihrab
● Unity
● Prayer positions A to H (2x)
● Close prayer with prayer
position to I and J
● Every prayer position has a
phrase to be said before a
“personal” prayer

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 Conclusion
● After conducting our research we found that Salt Lake Cities dominate religion is
the LDS faith. Which was not a surprise because Utah is the headquarters of
Mormon church.
● Oregon on the other hand is not so heavy towards a single religion rather its
population is more religiously diverse.
● Our first site visit was to the LDS church which was a very welcoming, friendly
place and is a very community based religion.
● The second site visit was to the Al-Huda Islamic center, this community had
much different practices than the LDS church.” The path of righteous” was one of
the most memorable and interesting tradition.
● Overall this project gave us the opportunity to explore and understand a
Christian and Non-Christian religion, compare statistics of Salt Lake city to Utah,
Oregon, and the nation.
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Cost of Living Comparison: Compare Spokane, Washington to Rancho San Diego, jfj

California. bestplaces.net/religion/city/utah/salt_lake_city