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In Diane Eck's Book, A New Religious America, she begins by acknowledging a new idea of America. She goes on to explain that traditionally in the United States, Americans have thought of religion in the United States as Christians, with politically correct superficial consideration for Jews. A new era dawned with the falling of the twin towers on September 11, 2001. Americans were forced to open their eyes to new cultures and a very different landscape that seemed to have crept up on them. The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 allowed all people of the world to enter the borders of the United State of America, and with the immigrants they brought their religious traditions and customs. The presence of the new cultures is very hard to ignore because of their growing numbers. According to Eck in the United States there are more Muslims then Episcopalians, and more Muslims then members of the Presbyterian Church, and as many Muslims as there are Jews. The new American landscape......

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