In Diana Eck 's magazine article in Harvard Magazine, titled "Neighboring Faiths" she emphasizes the quickly growing amount of religious diversity in America today. Harvard Magazine even features a visual on this editions cover, a mosque included in the rows of houses which typically represent the American suburb. Eck speaks frequently on the increasing amount of Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists in America, going as far as saying that America is no longer a three religion nation (Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish). In doing so, Eck implies that the three traditional American religions are becoming challenged by less prevalent ones such as Islam. Although this would be no far reach for the future it is not the situation at hand as America continues to be massively dominated by the traditional three religion ideology.
The lack of true diversity becomes evident when reading an article from the Pew Research Center adequately titled, "Global Religious Diversity". In this article Pew provides information from a well documented study showing that the U.S. has, in fact, only a moderately diverse religious landscape with 78% of Americans …show more content…
For example, she states, "Today, the Islamic world is no longer somewhere else, in some other part of the world; instead Chicago, with its 50 mosques and nearly half a million Muslims, is part of the Islamic world." While these facts are true, they are presented in a way that overemphasizes their measure. Chicago does indeed have a large Muslim population, which makes sense as it is the largest city in the state of Illinois, but one must also realize that Illinois has the largest Muslim population of any state in the US. Chicago being only overshadowed by cities such as New York, the diverse, immigration hub of America. This is as factual example as well as the perfect example to support a claim of the United States ' fictional religious
The lack of true diversity becomes evident when reading an article from the Pew Research Center adequately titled, "Global Religious Diversity". In this article Pew provides information from a well documented study showing that the U.S. has, in fact, only a moderately diverse religious landscape with 78% of Americans …show more content…
For example, she states, "Today, the Islamic world is no longer somewhere else, in some other part of the world; instead Chicago, with its 50 mosques and nearly half a million Muslims, is part of the Islamic world." While these facts are true, they are presented in a way that overemphasizes their measure. Chicago does indeed have a large Muslim population, which makes sense as it is the largest city in the state of Illinois, but one must also realize that Illinois has the largest Muslim population of any state in the US. Chicago being only overshadowed by cities such as New York, the diverse, immigration hub of America. This is as factual example as well as the perfect example to support a claim of the United States ' fictional religious