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Sites to Visit for Religious Tradition Paper

Professor Benjamin Winter, Theology 1000

A. The Vedanta Society, 205 S. Skinker Boulevard, 63105 (across from the western border of Forest Park; south of
Washington University). Swami Chetanananda or another monk of the Ramakrishna Order of India leads a service on
Sunday mornings, starting at 9:30 with chanting, meditation, and a talk on the philosophy of Vedanta/Hinduism.
(314) 721-5118. www.vedantastl.org
B. The Hindu Temple (and Jain Temple), 725 Weidman Road, Ballwin 63011. Remove shoes in the basement and then go
upstairs to the temple area. (636) 230-3300. www.hindutemplestlouis.org
C. Hare Krishna Temple, 3926 Lindell Boulevard, 63108 Chanting and discourse on the Bhagavad Gita on Sunday from
4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., then 8 course "all you can eat" vegetarian feast. Remove shoes in the lobby of the temple.
(314) 535-8085. www.iskconstlouis.org
D. Missouri Zen Center (Japanese Buddhism), 220 Spring Avenue, Webster Groves 63119. For directions, look at
www.missourizencenter.org. (Do not park on the residential streets around the Center. Park on the right side of the two-
lane driveway that is next to the Center. The address number is posted on a stone by the walkway leading to the house.
The house is white with a bamboo trellis in front. Remove shoes and leave them on the porch.) Zazen meditation for
visitors is on Monday evenings at 6:30 p.m. Register at least 24 hours in advance by email: info@missourizencenter.org
or call (314) 961-6138 and leave your name and phone number.
E. Thai Buddhist Temple (Wat Phrasriratanaram: Temple of the Beautiful Gem), Theravada Buddhism, 890 Lindsay Lane,
Florissant 63031 (half-mile west of North Lindbergh). Saturday evening meditation from 7 to 9 p.m. and other times.
(314) 837-3115. www.stlthaitemple.org/about.html
F. Fo Guang Shan (“Buddha’s Light Mountain”), Chinese Mahayana Buddhist Temple, 3109 Smiley Road, Bridgeton 63044.
Dharma services are held on Sunday mornings from 10 to 11:30 a.m. (314) 209-8882. www.fgsstlbc.org
G. The Islamic Center/Masjid Bilal Ibn Rabaah at 3843 West Pine, 63108 on the Saint Louis University campus.
Community prayers and sermon by the Imam on Friday afternoons at 1 p.m. Remove shoes before entering the prayer
room. Males pray upstairs and females pray on the main floor. SLU’s Muslim Student Association (MSA) hosts the same
service in the interfaith room inn the BSC every Friday at 2:15 pm. (314) 531-8646. www.islamicfoundationstl.org
H. Masjid Daar-ul-Islam, 517 Weidman Road, 63011 (diagonally across from the entrance to Queeny Park). Community
prayers and sermon by the Imam on Friday afternoons around 1 p.m. Remove shoes before entering the prayer room.
Males pray on the main floor and females pray in the balcony. (636) 394-7878. www.islamicfoundationstl.org
I. The Islamic (Bosnian) Community Center/Medina Masjid at 4666 Landsdowne, 63116 in south St. Louis city (one block
east of South Kingshighway). Remove shoes before entering the prayer room. Males pray in front of the room and
females pray in the back of the room. (314) 352-2700.
J. Nur Mosque for the Bosnian community, 9528 Reavis Barracks Road (at McKenzie), Affton, 63123. Remove shoes before
entering the prayer room. Males pray on main floor and females pray in the balcony. (314) 939-9074.
K. Sikh Study Circle/Main Gurudwara, 116 Willis Road, St. Peters, MO 63376. Remove shoes and cover head with cloth.
Services are held on Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (636) 926-3731. www.worldgurudwara.com/V4/402.asp
L. Baha’i Information Center: 30 West Lockwood (just west of Elm) in Webster Groves, 63119. (314) 963-1415.
www.bahai.org. Services are held on the first Sunday of each month from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. The Baha’i Temple for
North America is in Wilmette, Illinois, near Lake Michigan just north of Chicago.
M. Go to www.jewishinstlouis.org and look under “Congregations” for the names and addresses of any Jewish Synagogue
(Orthodox or Conservative) or Reform Jewish Temple. Call beforehand for times of Sabbath services (Friday evenings or
Saturday mornings). The closest Jewish congregation to SLU is Central Reform Congregation on Waterman at North
Kingshighway.
N. Unitarian-Universalism: (1) First Unitarian Church on Waterman at North Kingshighway (across the street from Central
Reform Congregation); (2) Eliot Unitarian Chapel, 100 S. Taylor at Argonne in Kirkwood, MO; (3) Emerson Unitarian
Chapel, 73 Strecker Road in Ellisville, MO; and (4) First Unitarian Church of Alton, 110 E. 3 rd Street, Alton, Illinois.
O. Use the internet to locate different kinds of Christian churches. Some suggestions within walking distance of SLU:
(1) St. Francis Xavier (College) Church on Grand at Lindell; (2) Third Baptist Church on Grand at Washington;
(3) St. Alphonsus Rock Church at 1118 North Grand; (4) Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis at 4431 Lindell at Newstead; and
(5) the Lindell Chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 3905 McPherson (McPherson and Vandeventer,
a short block north of Lindell and Vandeventer). Not far from SLU: Religious Society of Friends (Quaker) Meeting
House, 1001 Park Avenue, 63104.

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