Paramahansa Yogananda Invited to White House; Settles in the U.S.
Paramahansa Yogananda settled permanently in the United States in 1920, becoming the first major Hindu spiritual teacher to build a lasting American movement through the Self-Realization Fellowship. His influence reached the White House in 1927, when President Calvin Coolidge invited him for a personal visit. With the publication of Autobiography of a Yogi in 1946, […]
Indian Muslims Build Bridges Across Race and Religion in America
Mufti Muhammad Sadiq broadened the reach of Islam in America by founding The Moslem Sunrise in Chicago in 1921 and preaching to racially diverse audiences, welcoming hundreds of African Americans into the Ahmadiyya Muslim community. Eight decades later, Eboo Patel extended that legacy by founding Interfaith America, creating a national framework for interfaith cooperation on […]