On a winter's day in New York City early in 2020, urban religion expert Tony Carnes walks down Broadway in Elmhurst, Queens, a boulevard that can be defined as crowded grit, with a single Starbucks as a concession to gentrification. Carnes found African American evangelicals, independent churches, Hindu temples, Taoist and Hindu congregations, and a thriving Sikh community throughout New York's boroughs. A Catholic revival Catholics are a big part of New York's religious identity, says Carnes. "The loneliness in death without a priest is devastating", says Carnes, noting Catholic sensibilities, especially acute in immigrant communities. [Extracted from the article]
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