Spirituality
News21 reporters' projects explored faith, religion and believe from several perspectives, especially among Latinos.
- Pentecostals Ascendant in L.A.'s Little Central America
Los Angeles houses the largest community of Central Americans outside of Central America itself. More and more, members of that community have traded their traditional Catholic roots for new, Pentecostal lives. Of the 5,000 Hispanic churches within the city, 94 percent are now Pentecostal, and the greater the number of converts, the more that Guatemalan, El Salvaradoran and Honduran contingent will change the identity of Christianity in this southwestern metropolis. - Virgin Tour: Mexican Religious Icon Goes Global
The Traveling Virgin traces the rise of the Virgin of Guadalupe from Mexican religious figure to cultural icon. The Virgin’s image is found on lowrider cars in Japan, sweat shirts in Brazil, paintings in the Philippines and key chains and tattoos in the U.S. Presented in an unusual multiple format with photos, video, slideshows, audio, text, animation and photo illustration. - Shifting Faith: Hispanics Move Away From Catholicism
Latinos are finding new faiths as Mormons, Pentacostals and Jehovah’s Witnesses. At the same time, a number of Latinos are discovering their Jewish roots and are becoming “re-conversos.” The project is designed using a “carousel” tool that allows viewers to scroll back and forth, as if through time. Along the way, viewers interact with the story through video and text. - Identity: A Diverse Generation Explores its Choices
This collection of stories explores ways young people form a sense of who they are and what they stand for though culture, morality, ethnicity, politics and sexuality. - Religious Stances on Climate Change
Religious leaders from churches, mosques and synagogues are joining the battle against climate change by encouraging their followers to see caring for the Earth as a religious mandate. Text, video, timeline. - This Muslim-American Life:
A six-story package explores the lives of second-gen Muslim-Americans from various perspectives: culture, arts, community, young adults’ activist, artistic voices and more. Text, video, graphics. - Food, Faith and Bacon (now there's a holy trinity)
kThere are Hindus who haven’t set foot in a temple in a decade, but still refuse to order a burger. And Muslims who smoke and drink, but won’t eat a pork chop. And Jews who haven’t been to synagogue for awhile still pick bacon bits out of Cobb salad. Text, glossary. - Coming Out Atheist:
As teens, young nonbelievers start thinking that it just doesn’t make sense anymore, and for years, it’s their secret… then, in college, surrounded by more open-minded peers, they come out of the dark, still-stigmatized atheist closet. Text, charts, video, sidebars. - Navigating the Twists and Turns of Interfaith Marriage
If dating someone of a different faith is tricky, then marrying someone of a different faith can be downright difficult and problematic. Whether a couple about to enter into matrimony is Catholic and Jewish, or Muslim and Mormon, or Buddhist and Protestant, uniting the traditions, cultures and beliefs of two people, and two families, is undeniably complex. Text, video, sidebars.
