Philanthropy and Religion Since the city’s founding, religious bodies have been active in philanthropy and voluntary service. Philanthropy and religion have always been… Read More »Philanthropy and Religion
Presbyterians Presbyterians have been present in Indianapolis since the city’s creation. The Protestant denomination developed from the reformed movement led by… Read More »Presbyterians
Religion And Health Care For most of the 19th century, no hospital existed in Indianapolis. The city’s residents associated hospitals with facilities where people… Read More »Religion And Health Care
Religion And Politics As the home of the state capital, as well as branches of local and federal governmental agencies, religion and politics… Read More »Religion And Politics
Religion And Social Services From the earliest churches in Indianapolis religion and social services have existed in a complex and evolving relationship. As congregations… Read More »Religion And Social Services
Religious Architecture Houses of worship have occupied prominent positions on Indianapolis’ landscape from the rustic village of the 1820s to the rise… Read More »Religious Architecture
Religious Broadcasting Religious programs were part of the broadcast schedules of many of the country’s first radio stations. Locally, one of the… Read More »Religious Broadcasting
Religious Press The growth of Indianapolis during the mid-19th century led to the establishment of a thriving newspaper industry in the Hoosier… Read More »Religious Press
Revivalism Indianapolis served as a center for religious revivalism from the late-19th to mid-20th centuries. Revivalism is a method whereby a… Read More »Revivalism
Sikhs Sikhism is a distinct religion and the fifth-largest in the world, with a following of over 35 million scattered across… Read More »Sikhs