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Article: TURNING TO THE EAST Spirit-seeking churchgoers are looking to Asian religions
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- February 18, 1996
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Joshua Davidson is the son of a Jewish rabbi, but today he makes
his spiritual home at a Tao center, meditating and studying Chinese
nutrition.
Jennifer Duncan grew up attending Catholic churches. But after
her father died, she found emotional and spiritual comfort in the
chants she learned at a yoga center.
Davidson and Duncan are not alone in making a spiritual migration
from west to east.
Mirroring a nationwide trend, Eastern religions are flourishing
across Greater Boston, providing a global flavor to a religious
landscape dominated by Western faiths. Buddhist and Hindu temples
and worship centers are proliferating, and while some of the increase
is fueled by rising Asian immigration, ...