#  Exhibit showcases the earliest stirrings of American religious diversity | Religion News Service 

 





July 05, 2017

 

 

WASHINGTON (RNS) Enter the “Religion in Early America” exhibit and there are objects you expect to find: Bibles, a hymnal and christening items.But on closer inspection, a broader picture of faith in the Colonial era emerges: a Bible translated into the language of the Wampanoag people, the Torah scroll of the first synagogue in North America and a text written by a slave who wanted to pass on the essentials of his Muslim heritage. Source: *[Exhibit showcases the earliest stirrings of American religious diversity | Religion News Service](http://religionnews.com/2017/06/28/exhibit-showcases-the-earliest-stirrings-of-american-religious-diversity/)*

 

 

 



 

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