Religious Centers (Archive)

Ramakrishna Vedanta Society

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 23 July 2018.

Phone: 617-536-5320
Email: boston@vedantasociety.net
Website: http://www.vedantasociety.net/index.asp

History

The inspiration behind the Vedanta Society was the Hindu saint Ramakrishna (1836–1886). His disciple Swami Vivekananda, who represented Hinduism at the Parliament of Religions held in Chicago in 1893, founded the Ramakrishna...

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Havurat Shalom

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 25 September 2018.

Phone: 617-623-3376
Email: info@thehav.org
Website: http://www.thehav.org
[flickr_set id="72157621939147060"] History Founded in 1968, Havurat Shalom is an egalitarian Jewish community committed to creative, inclusive, spiritual Judaism, welcoming all people. The members of the community do not identify with one particular sect of Judaism. As the havurah operates without a rabbi, all services are created... Read more about Havurat Shalom

Cambridgeport Baptist Church

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 2 July 2014.

Phone: 617-576-6779
Website: http://cbc.dreamhosters.com/
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History

The building now owned by Cambridgeport Baptist Church was originally founded in the 1800s by Emmanuel Baptist Church. Attendance at Emmanuel Baptist Church was dwindling in the 1980s, so the building was put up for sale. The church building was jointly purchased in 1982 by two separate congregations, Cambridgeport Baptist Church (CBC) and...

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Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 26 November 2018.

Phone: 617-427-2636
Email: yusufi@masboston.org [home], yusufi@masboston.org [home]
Website: http://isbcc.org
[flickr_set id="72157621939160790"] History The Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center (ISBCC) is the third expansion of the Islamic Society of Boston (ISB) since 1981.  In the late eighties, the Boston Redevelopment Authority set aside the area in Roxbury for a religious and cultural... Read more about Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center

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