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Do not fill this in! ===Religion=== [[File:Christ Church Lutheran Highsmith.jpg|thumb|upright=.9|alt=Christ Church with its tower and cross|[[Christ Church Lutheran (Minneapolis, Minnesota)|Christ Church Lutheran]] is one of the city's four [[List of National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota|National Historic Landmark]]s.<ref name=nps>{{cite web |title = National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota |url = https://mn.gov/admin/shpo/registration/nhl/ |publisher = Minnesota State Historic Preservation Office |access-date = December 10, 2022 |archive-date = December 10, 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221210185103/https://mn.gov/admin/shpo/registration/nhl/ |url-status = live }}</ref>]] The indigenous Dakota people believed in the [[Great Spirit]], and were surprised that not all European settlers were religious.<ref name=religion>{{cite web |title = A History of Minneapolis: Religion |publisher =[[Hennepin County Library]]|url = http://www.hclib.org/pub/search/specialcollections/mplshistory/?id=29 |access-date = January 24, 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120423193057/http://www.hclib.org/pub/search/specialcollections/mplshistory/?id=29 |archive-date = April 23, 2012 }}</ref> Twin Cities residents are 70 percent [[Christianity|Christian]] according to the most recent [[Pew Research Center]] religious survey in 2014.<ref name=Pewreligion>{{cite web|title=Adults in the Minneapolis metro area|url=https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/religious-landscape-study/metro-area/minneapolisst-paul-metro-area/|access-date=May 9, 2023|date=2014|publisher=[[Pew Research Center]]|archive-date=May 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230509200058/https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/religious-landscape-study/metro-area/minneapolisst-paul-metro-area/|url-status=live}}</ref> Settlers who arrived in Minneapolis from New England were for the most part [[Protestant]]s, [[Quakers]], and [[Universalist]]s.<ref name="religion" /> The oldest continuously used church, [[Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church (Minneapolis, Minnesota)|Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church]], was built in 1856 by Universalists and soon afterward was acquired by a French Catholic congregation.{{sfn|Millett|2007|p=127}} St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral was founded in 1887;<ref>{{cite web |publisher = [[St. Mary's Cathedral (Minneapolis)|St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral]] |title = About St. Mary's |date = 2006 |url = http://www.stmarysoca.org/about.html |access-date = March 19, 2023 |archive-date = September 30, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070930000609/http://www.stmarysoca.org/about.html |url-status = live }}</ref> it opened a missionary school and in 1905 created a [[Russian Orthodox]] seminary.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.svots.edu/about/our-history|title=Our History: Beginnings|access-date=November 28, 2023|publisher=[[Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary]]|archive-date=December 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201021014/https://www.svots.edu/about/our-history|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Edwin Hawley Hewitt]] designed [[St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral (Minneapolis)|St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral]] and [[Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church]], both of which are located south of downtown.{{sfn|Millett|2007|p=84}} The [[Basilica of Saint Mary, Minneapolis|Basilica of Saint Mary]], the first [[basilica]] in the US and [[co-cathedral]] of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis]], was named by [[Pope Pius XI]] in 1926.<ref name="religion" /> The [[Billy Graham Evangelistic Association]] was headquartered in Minneapolis from the 1950s until 2001.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://billygraham.org/news/media-resources/electronic-press-kit/bgea-history/timeline-of-historic-events/ |title = Timeline of Historic Events |access-date = March 19, 2023 |publisher = [[Billy Graham Evangelistic Association]] |archive-date = April 14, 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210414151315/https://billygraham.org/news/media-resources/electronic-press-kit/bgea-history/timeline-of-historic-events/ |url-status = live }}</ref> [[Christ Church Lutheran (Minneapolis, Minnesota)|Christ Church Lutheran]] in the [[Longfellow (neighborhood), Minneapolis|Longfellow]] neighborhood was the final work in the career of [[Eliel Saarinen]], and has an education building designed by his son [[Eero Saarinen|Eero]].{{sfn|Millett|2007|pp=159β160|loc="Christ Church was Saarinen's last building" and "the addition was among Eero's last commissions"}} Aligning with a national trend, the metro area's next largest group after Christians is the 23 percent [[irreligion|non-religious]] population.<ref name=Pewreligion /> At the same time, more than 50 denominations and religions are present in Minneapolis, representing most of the world's religions.<ref name="religion" /> [[Temple Israel (Minneapolis)|Temple Israel]] was built in 1928 by the city's first [[Judaism|Jewish]] congregation, Shaarai Tov, which was formed in 1878.<ref name="Nathanson" /> By 1959, a Temple of Islam was located in north Minneapolis.<ref name=CityHistory>{{cite report |url = https://www2.minneapolismn.gov/media/content-assets/www2-documents/government/View-the-Minneapolis-in-the-Modern-Era-1930-1975-Historic-Context-Study-wcmsp-227161.pdf |date = June 2020 |first1 = Tamara |last1 = Halvorsen Ludt |first2 = Laurel |last2 = Fritz |first3 = Lauren |last3 = Anderson |access-date = July 14, 2022 |pages = 7.24, 7.27 |publisher = City of Minneapolis|work=Community Planning and Economic Development |archive-date = September 22, 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220922205430/https://www2.minneapolismn.gov/media/content-assets/www2-documents/government/View-the-Minneapolis-in-the-Modern-Era-1930-1975-Historic-Context-Study-wcmsp-227161.pdf |url-status = live |title = Minneapolis in the Modern Era: 1930β1975 }}</ref> In 1971, a reported 150 persons attended classes at a Hindu temple near the university.<ref name=CityHistory /> In 1972, a relief agency resettled the first [[Shia Islam|Shi'a Muslim]] family from Uganda in the Twin Cities.{{sfn|Barlow|Silk|2004|p=139}} Somalis who live in Minneapolis are primarily [[Sunni Muslim]].<ref>{{cite web |date = January 2017 |publisher = [[International Institute of Minnesota]] |url = https://iimn.org/publication/finding-common-ground/minnesotas-refugees/africa/somalis/ |title = Somalis |access-date = December 16, 2020 |archive-date = August 17, 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210817105056/https://iimn.org/publication/finding-common-ground/minnesotas-refugees/africa/somalis/ |url-status = live }}</ref> In 2022, Minneapolis amended its noise ordinance to allow broadcasting the [[adhan|Muslim call to prayer]] five times per day.<ref>{{cite news|title=Minneapolis allows Islamic call to prayer five times per day|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/14/minneapolis-allows-islamic-call-to-prayer-five-times-per-day|date=April 14, 2023|access-date=May 8, 2023|work=[[Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera]]|archive-date=May 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230508224122/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/14/minneapolis-allows-islamic-call-to-prayer-five-times-per-day|url-status=live}}</ref> The city has about seven [[Buddhist]] centers and meditation centers.<ref>{{cite news |title = Guide to Local Meditation Centers |last = Hagen |first = Nina |date = May 16, 2016 |access-date = March 19, 2023 |url = https://www.minnesotamonthly.com/travel-recreation/guide-to-local-meditation-centers/ |work = [[Minnesota Monthly]] |publisher = [[Greenspring Media]] |archive-date = March 19, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230319215525/https://www.minnesotamonthly.com/travel-recreation/guide-to-local-meditation-centers/ |url-status = live }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all 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