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The exterior of the Touro Synagogue, the oldest synagogue in what is now the United States, located in Newport, Rhode Island. The synagogue was dedicated in 1763.
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University Hall, the main building of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Built in 1770, it is a Registered National Historic Landmark. It is central on the College Green.
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Manning Chapel, one of Brown University's several religious centers, located on the College Green next to University Hall. Upstairs is the sanctuary, downstairs is a large classroom.
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St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Newport, Rhode Island. St. Mary's Parish is the oldest Roman Catholic congregation in Rhode Island. Its current building was built from 1848-1852. President John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Lee Bouvier were married there in 1953.
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This recently restored historic home is the current center for the Vedanta Society of Providence, Rhode Island. It contains a sanctuary, clergy quarters, a library, and other facilities.
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The Muslim American Da'wah Center in Providence, Rhode Island. Da'wah is Arabic for "invitation," especially the invitation to hear God's call to Islam. This center was established in 1998. Its community hopes eventually to construct its own proper masjid.
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The exterior of the Providence Zen Center and the headquarters of the Kwan Um School of Zen, located in suburban Cumberland, Rhode Island. The dharma hall is at center.
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The Islamic Center of Rhode Island (Masjid al-Karim) in Providence, Rhode Island. Formerly a funeral home, this building was purchased and converted into a masjid in 1976.
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The gateway and current main temple of the Wat Thormikaram of Rhode Island
(Khmer Buddhist Society of New England) in Providence, Rhode Island. The
gateway contains statues of the twelve animals representing the years of the
calendar, as well as models of the great Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia and the
new temple this community hopes to construct on its land in Providence.
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The entrance to the Watlao Buddhovath, located in Smithfield, Rhode Island. The yellow house in the background is the monastery, and behind it is the main meditation hall.
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Masjid al-Islam in North Smithfield, Rhode Island. Constructed in 1994, the masjid has all of a mosque's traditional elements—a minaret, places to perform ritual washings, etc.
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A close-up of the dome of the Rhode Island State Capitol Building in Providence, Rhode Island. The inscription below the dome comes from Rhode Island's colonial charter, issued by England's King Charles I to Roger Williams in 1663, that reiterated the intention for which Williams founded his colony: "To hold forth a lively experiment that a most flourishing civil state may stand and best be maintained with full liberty in religious concernments."
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Looking through the Roger Williams monument in Providence, Rhode Island, the
dome of the Rhode Island state capitol building is visible in the distance.
The view suggests Williams' vision of religious non-establishment and free
exercise that later became national law in the First Amendment to the U.S.
Constitution.
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