The following sources are provided for your discernment. They are
not necessarily directly or indirectly associated with the Conversations
with God Foundation or Humanity's Team. You may find some of them
useful in starting a dialogue with more traditional belief systems.
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Alliance of Baptists |
Website for the Alliance of
Baptists. |
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American Baptist Churches |
Mission center for the American
Baptist Churches. |
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Baha'i |
The Bahá'í Faith is the youngest
of the world's independent religions. Its central theme is that
humanity is one single race and that the day has come for its
unification in one global society. |
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Beliefnet |
Beliefnet has resources &
discussion boards about nearly every major -and minor!- belief
system you can think of. |
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Catholic Online |
Catholic Online gives Catholics
worldwide a range of easy methods to integrate their faith into
their daily lives. |
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Christian Church (Disciples of
Christ) |
The official website of the
Disciples of Christ. |
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Christian Methodist Episcopal Church |
The official website of the
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. |
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Church of God in Christ |
Official website of the Church of
God in Christ. |
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Church of the Brethren |
The central emphasis of the Church
of the Brethren is not a creed, but a commitment to follow
Christ in simple obedience, to be faithful disciples in the
modern world. |
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Churches' Center for Theology & Public Policy |
The Churches' Center for Theology
and Public Policy is a national, ecumenical research center,
drawing upon the theological resources of the churches and other
sources of expertise. Its goal is to discern and study the
relationship between Christian faith and critical issues of
public policy, and to enable the churches to contribute more
fruitfully to public dialogue and action. |
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Cooperative Baptist Fellowship |
A fellowship of Baptist Christians
and churches who share a passion for the Great Commission of
Jesus Christ and a commitment to Baptist principles of faith and
practice. |
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Encounter World Religions Centre |
ENCOUNTER offers educational,
spiritual and cultural encounters with the world's great wisdom
traditions and their communities. The Centre promotes
interreligious peace and understanding through experiential
learning. |
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The
Episcopal Church |
Materials here will likely appeal
to the non-Episcopal visitor to our site, no knowledge of the
Christian faith or the Episcopal Church is necessary to enjoy
and explore these resources. |
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Ethical Union |
Ethical Culture is a humanistic
religious and educational movement inspired by the ideal that
the supreme aim of human life is working to create a more humane
society. |
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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Official website of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. |
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Faith & Politics Institute |
The Faith & Politics Institute
provides occasions for moral reflection and spiritual community
to political leaders, drawing universal wisdom from a range of
religious traditions. |
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Global Dialogue Institute |
The purpose of the GDI is to
promote dialogue in the broadest sense among individuals and
groups of different religions and cultures. |
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Greek Orthodox Archdiocese in America |
Official website of the Greek
Orthodox Archdiocese of America. |
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Harvard University Pluralism
Project |
The Pluralism Project: World
Religions in America is a decade-long research project, with
current funding from the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations, to
engage students in studying the new religious diversity in the
United States. |
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Interfaith Alliance |
The Interfaith Alliance is a
mainstream, faith-based agenda committed to the positive role of
religion as a healing and constructive force in public life. |
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Interfaith Voices for Justice &
Peace |
Interfaith Voices for Justice and
Peace is a communications network for faith-based activist
groups. |
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The Interfaith Working Group |
The Interfaith Working Group
believes that the characterization of religion as inherently
conservative, and the subsequent portrayal of social debates as
disagreements between the religious and the irreligious
undermine faith in religious institutions and the ideal of
religious diversity. |
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Interfaith Youth Core |
The Interfaith Youth Core seeks to
nurture a new generation of compassionate global leaders by
engaging youth from different faith communities in a dynamic
process of intercultural encounter, social action and interfaith
reflection. |
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International Association for Religious Freedom |
The International Association for
Religious Freedom is a registered charity based in the United
Kingdom which has the aim of working for freedom of religion and
belief at a global level. |
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International Interfaith Centre |
Building interfaith co-operation
in the world. |
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Jewish-Christian Relations |
Jewish-Christian Relations is
devoted to fostering mutual respect and understanding between
Christians and Jews around the world. |
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Kabbalah |
Quote from their website:
"Kabbalah reveals all the spiritual and physical laws that
govern the universe and the human soul." |
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Mennonites |
Mennonites are part of the larger
Christian expression called Anabaptism (meaning "baptized
again".) |
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Methodist Federation for Social Action |
MFSA unites activists within the
United Methodist Church to take action on issues of justice,
peace and liberation in the church, nation and world. |
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Moravian Church |
Moravians support collegial
experiences with children of God in other Christian churches,
and carefully avoid all disputes, respecting opinions and
ceremonies peculiar to one or another Church. |
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Muslim Public Affairs Committee |
MPAC seeks to establish a vibrant
American Muslim community that will enrich American society
through promoting the Islamic values of Mercy, Justice, Peace,
Human Dignity, Freedom, and Equality for all. |
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North American Interfaith Network |
The North American Interfaith
Network is a non-profit association of interfaith organizations
and agencies in Canada, Mexico and the United States. |
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Om Sakthi |
Good overview of many world
religions. |
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Orthodox Church in America |
Provides basic, comprehensive
information on the faith and the life of the Orthodox Church. |
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Presbyterian Church (USA) |
Learn more about mission and how
the church's mission is carried out in and through the PC(USA). |
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Progressive National Baptist Convention |
An association of Baptist churches
throughout the world. |
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Reformed Church in America |
The Reformed Church in America
offers a foundation for living in a world of change and
challenges. |
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Religious Tolerance.org |
This is a large religious web site
which promotes religious freedom, tolerance and diversity as
positive cultural values. The site contains over 2,500 essays
and menus. It's actually very comprehensive and the essays are
well written and unbiased. |
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Sacred Texts |
The Internet Sacred Text Archive
CD-ROM includes electronic texts of nearly a thousand of the
most important books and articles ever written. |
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Scientology |
Official website for L. Ron
Hubbard's Scientology. Scientology is an applied religious
philosophy. |
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Seventh-day Adventist |
As a Christian church, Seventh-day
Adventists are a faith community rooted in the beliefs described
by the Holy Scriptures . |
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Society of Friends (Quaker) |
A comprehensive listing of
information about the Quaker belief system. |
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Union for Reform Judaism |
As the congregational arm of the
Reform Movement, the Union's primary mission is to create and
sustain vibrant Jewish congregations wherever Reform Jews live. |
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Unitarian Universalist Association |
With its historical roots in the
Jewish and Christian traditions, Unitarian Universalism is a
liberal religion -- that is, a religion that keeps an open mind
to the religious questions people have struggled with in all
times and places. |
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United Church of Christ |
Official website of the United
Church of Christ. |
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United Methodist Church |
The United Methodist Church has a
long history of concern for social justice. Its members have
often taken forthright positions on controversial issues
involving Christian principles. |
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United Religions Initiative |
The purpose of the United
Religions Initiative is to promote enduring, daily interfaith
cooperation, to end religiously motivated violence and to create
cultures of peace, justice and healing for the Earth and all
living beings. |
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United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism |
The United Synagogue of
Conservative Judaism promotes the role of the synagogue in
Jewish life in order to motivate Conservative Jews to perform
mitzvot encompassing ethical behavior, spirituality, Judaic
learning, and ritual observance. |
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Unity Fellowship |
Unity stands for peace in the
presence of conflict; for love in the presence of hatred; for
forgiveness in the presence of injury. Unity honors the many
names for God, the many paths to God, the many ways to worship
God. |
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Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
ALL are welcome in MCC...a
worldwide fellowship of Christian churches with a special
outreach to the world's gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender
communities. |
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World Faiths Development Dialogue |
The World Faiths Development
Dialogue's aim is to facilitate a dialogue on poverty and
development among people from different religions and between
them and the international development institutions. |