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FORMATFORSITEVISITREPORT.docxFORMAT FOR SITE VISIT REPORT
Name of Religious Site:
Branch, Denomination, or Sect of Religion you visited*
Worship or prayer service you attended: Day and Time
*E.g., Sunni or Shia mosque; Reformed, Conservative, or Orthodox synagogue; Hare Krishna or more traditional Hindu temple; Christian Catholic or Protestant (if Protestant, which denomination: Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Pentecostal, etc.)
1. What are the religion’s major Fundamental beliefs (briefly give at least three); what are the principal sources of authority or basis for the religion or sect (such as scriptures, teachers, , and the like).
2. What are three major religious festivals or sacred days of the religion.
*3. Describe iconography, art, symbols, images, cultic objects, calligraphy visible in the place of worship (or that you can observe in the videos)
4. Distinctive dress, articles of clothing, of members and/or clergy of the religion you witnessed during visit or visible in the videos.
*5. Ritual(s) followed, particular/distinctive practices or gestures that you saw practiced during your visit or apparent in the videos. (You should read the Livingston chapter on “Ritual’ before you do the site visit.)
*6. Describe how what you saw and heard impacted you; did visit enhance your appreciation for that particular religious faith and/or for religion in general; did you feel you were "worshipping"?; did anything strike you in a negative way?; what was the most positive result of your virtual visit?
* Starred/boldfaced items should constitute the bulk of your report, what you should give priority to when you write your report. Also, it is important that you make an effort to enter sympathetically into the religion you will be visiting or observing. Make an effort to “put yourselves in their place” and imagine you were there yourself. You do not have to agree with what you see and hear, but you should make an effort to understand it. After your visit and as you write your report, you will have the opportunity to express your opinion about what you witnessed.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO LIVE IN SOUTH FLORIDA AND WANT TO ATTEND A PLACE OF WORSHIP IN PERSON (IT THE SITE ALLOWS IT), BELOW IS A DIRECTORY OF MAJOR RELIGIOUS SITES IN SOUTH FLORIDA. IT IS OUTDATED AND SOME SITES MAY HAVE MOVED OR DO NOT EXIST, SO YOU SHOULD CHECK THEIR WEBSITES OR CALL BEFORE YOU GO.
RELIGIOUS SITES OF SOUTH FLORIDA
A REMINDER TO ALL STUDENTS THAT THE SITE VISIT AND REPORT MUST BE DONE FOR A RELIGIOUS TRADITION THAT IS NOT THE STUDENT'S OWN. If a
phone number is no longer valid, call information and please let the instructor know that the number(s) has been changed so that the directory can be updated. If you learn about other sites not included below, please let the instructor know also. I strongly recommend that you visit the site first to familiarize yourself with location and the times officially given by the personnel at the site. Any information concerning service times given below are tentative.
ISLAMIC: the times to go are Fridays and Sundays at 1:30 p.m. Female students can bring a scarf with them if they don’t want to stand out, but it is not required.
Miami Gardens Mosque (Sunni) 4305 N.W. 183 street
Miami, Florida 33055
Mosque of Miami (Sunni) 7350 N.W. 3rd Street Miami, Florida 33126
305-261-7622
Masjid Al-Ansar (Sunni) 5245 N.W. 7th Avenue Miami, Florida 33127
305-757-8741
Islamic School of Miami Masjid al-Noor (Sunni) 11699 SW 147 Ave
Miami, FL 33196
(305) 408-0400
Tasnim Uddin, Principal of School
Friday: 1:30 pm, Islam School on Sundays: 10am-12pm (behind the Exxon gas station)
Islamic Jafferia Association Imambara (Shia) 10554 N.W. 132nd Street
Hialeah Gardens, Florida 33016 (305) 557-6835
Muhammad's Mosque # 29 (Nation of Islam) 5660 N.W. 7th Ave.
Miami, Florida 305-756-9136
BAHAI
FIU Bahai Club 305-436-2490
Bahai Faith (South) 9300 S. Dixie Hwy. Miami, Florida
305-570-8886
Bahai Faith (North) 4365 Rock Island Rd.
Ft. Lauderdale
(North of Commercial) 954-524-4084
BUDDHIST
(Nichiren Buddhist)
Sokka Gakkai International Miami Community Center 20000 S.W. 36th St.
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33332 954-349-5200
Avalokiteshvara Buddhist Study Center 321 Lamont Road
Ft. Pierce, Florida 34947-1541 Email: [email protected]
International Zen Institute of Florida (Buddhist) Dharma House
3860 Crawford Avenue
Miami, Florida 33133
305-448-8969
Wat Buddharangsi Temple (Thai, Buddhist) 15200 S.W., 240th Street
Homestead, Florida 305-245-2702
International Dharma Center (Buddhist)
P.O. Box 141728 Coral Gables, Florida 33114-1728
305-267-8000 (Ileana Davis)
Kagyu Shedrup Chöling (Tibetan Buddhist) 1905 Monroe Street
Hollywood, Florida 33020 954-920-1346
HINDU: Plan to attend Sunday mornings at 10:00 a.m.
Shiva Vishnu Temple 5661 Dykes Rd. (S.W. 160th Ave)
Pembroke Pines (Davie)
954-689-0471
(I-75 north, exit at Sheridan, go west to Dykes Road, then go north for about a mile, temple on the left)
The South Florida Hindu Temple 13010 Griffin Road
Davie, Florida 954-438-3675
Hare Krishna Temple 3220 Virginia St.
Coconut Grove, Florida 305-442-7218
SIKH: Plan to attend Sunday mornings at 10:00 a.m.
Sikh Society of Florida 16000 Sterling Rd.
Pembroke Pines, Florida 954-680-0221
(Same directions as to Shiva Hindu Temple, but closer to Sheridan on Dykes Road)
JAIN
Jain Center of South Florida 1960 N. Commerce Parkway #11
Weston, FL 33326
Here is Direction Link for Jain center. http://jaincentersfl.com/direction.html
JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN
Synagogues: Friday evenings, near Sundown; and Saturday mornings, 8:00 a.m. only.
Christian churches: 11:00 a.m. morning service. Consult Yellow Pages for synagogue or church nearest where you live.
Students are encouraged to do detective work and find representatives of the other major world religions in Miami or the South Florida area: Taoism, Confucianism (Chinese), Shinto (Japanese), and Zoroastrianism (Persian/Iranian, and mostly in Bombay, India).
