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Although churches and synagogues
struggled to soothe the unrest and were
often at the forefront of civil-rights
advocacy, riots continued to erupt.
Even the Thanksgiving celebration fell
by the wayside, discontinuing some time
before mid-century. Such celebrations
were revived again 24 years ago to unde-
niably thinner and inconsistent crowds.
This year's celebration, one of a
handful in the area, was at the 800-seat
St. Owen Catholic Church in
Bloomfield Hills, a significantly smaller
venue than in the early days. Rabbi
Daniel Syme of Temple Beth El said "a
good 700 people" participated, includ-
ing the various clergy members, the
130-member choir and their families
who came to see them perform.
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Interfaith activity is concentrated now
in relatively small-scale activities. Just
keeping track of all of them, much less
coordinating them to work on large
issues, can be difficult.
Greater assimilation, intermarriage
and an across-the-board push for ecu-
menism in nearly every major religion
in the past 30 years has led to a prolif-
eration of groups that cater to a wide
variety of interfaith concerns, from
clergy to youth groups, from dialogue
to political action.
A post-Vatican II push for ecu-
menism at the parish level spurred the
growth of interfaith dialogue and social
action groups. Covering small regions,
the groups frequently are made up from
the priests, pastors and rabbis of local
congregations and often sponsor social
action joint projects or social gatherings.
Another challenge exists in trying to
coordinate the large number of ecu-
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member of the Interfaith Coordinating
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of the Christian Communication
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guess at how many groups exist.
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ministerial associations; business
groups, seminary associations, rescue
missions, youth movements as well as
other special-interest associations num-
ber well over 100 and could be in the
thousands, he said.
"How you would ever put a number
on it? I don't know," Singleton said.
"The list goes on and on."
Adding to the challenge is that not
all religions are represented in the vari-
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groups are made up of congregations
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