The World Religions & Spirituality Project

The mission of the World Religions &Spirituality Project is to provide objective, reliable and comprehensive information about the diverse array of religious and spiritual groups currently found in North America. The central feature of the WRSP website is, therefore, profiles of contemporary religious and spiritual movements, established world religions, and historical religious and spiritual movements. Each profile includes a presentation of the group's distinctive beliefs, rituals, organization and leadership, and issues/challenges. Particularly with respect to newer groups, reliable information often is less accessible, and this website offers comprehensive, balanced information for religion scholars, students, media representatives and those with a personal interest in understanding the diversity of religious and spiritual alternatives in the contemporary world. In addition to the text-based group profiles, video clips and scholarly resources accompany the profiles.

WRSP profiles currently can be searched alphabetically. Additional types of indexing will be added to the site.

New and updated profiles are listed on the profile index page.

 

Profiles of Religious & Spiritual Movements