The Union Tribune carried a series of articles this last week on the variety of religions that are emerging as we approach the millennium. We used to talk about religion in America as Protestant, Catholic and Jew. Now there are more Muslims in America than there are Episcopalians, and soon there will be more than there are Jews. Now with the largest in-migration to this country from Asia, there will soon be a lot of Buddhists to add to the mix in America.

So while at the beginning of the 20th century you could talk about America in terms of Protestant, Catholic and Jew, at the end of the 20th century, you have to say Protestant, Catholic, Jew, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, and a thousand other groups that refer to themselves as religions.

Those were the groups that were reviewed by The Union …