Religious pluralism has long been a hallmark of cities and towns across America.
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In 1886, a Baptist congregation in Nashville found itself without a church building.
For months, its members gathered not in a temporary hall or borrowed lecture room, but in a synagogue on South Vine Street. The arrangement was not always convenient, as the rabbi adjusted his own congregation’s schedule and even omitted services on a festival day so that the Baptists could continue to meet.
