World Religions and Spirituality Project
Founder(s) | David G. Bromley |
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Established | 2010 |
Location | , Richmond , Virginia , United States |
Website | wrldrels |
The World Religions and Spirituality Project (WRSP, formerly known as the New Religious Movements Homepage Project to provide a scholarly representation of threatened communities.
History
WRSP developed from Jeffrey K. Hadden's Religious Movements Homepage Project, which he founded in 1995. After Hadden's death in 2003, Douglas E. Cowan became Project Director. In 2007, it was described as "one of the largest information sites on new religious movements".[16] In 2010, David G. Bromley became the Project Director.[3] He expanded the scope of the project to recruit international scholars instead of local students and renamed it the World Religions and Spirituality Project.[3][17]
Purpose
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Special projects
In addition to publishing profiles, it has ten special projects, thematic or regional, which are directed by recognized scholars.[20]
- Thematic Special Projects[21]
- Marian Apparitional and Devotional Groups
- Joseph Laycock (Texas State University)
- Religious and Spiritual Movements and the Visual Arts
- Spiritual and Visionary Communities
- Women in the World's Religions and Spirituality Project
- Rebecca Moore (San Diego State University) and Catherine Wessinger (Loyola University)
- Yoga in World Religions and Spiritualities
- Suzanne Newcombe (Open University) and Karen O'Brien-Kop (University of Roehampton)
- Marian Apparitional and Devotional Groups
- Regional Special Projects[22]
- Australian Religious and Spiritual Traditions
- Carole M. Cusack (University of Sydney) and Bernard Doherty (Charles Sturt University)
- Canadian Religious and Spiritual Traditions
- Susan Palmer (McGill University) and Hillary Kael (Concordia University)
- Japanese New Religions
- Ian Reader (University of Tubingen)
- Ian Reader (
- Religion and Spirituality in Russia and Eastern Europe
- Kaarina Aitamurto (University of Helsinki) and Maija Penttilä (University of Helsinki)
- Spiritual and Religious Traditions in Italy
- Stefania Palmisano (University of Turin) and Massimo Introvigne (CESNUR)
- Australian Religious and Spiritual Traditions
- Local Special Projects[23]
- World Religions in Richmond
- Student Research on North American Buddhist Communities (defunct)
- Kevin Vose (College of William & Mary)
- Arch City Religion
- Rachel McBride Lindsey (Saint Louis University)[24]
- A Journey through NYC Religions
- Tony Carnes (editor and publisher)[25]
- Community Religious Project
- Melanie Prideaux (University of Leeds)[26]
- Religious Diversity in New Orleans (defunct)
- Timothy Cahill (Loyola University)
- World Religions in Arizona (defunct)
- David Damrel (Arizona State University)
- The Religious Landscape in Orlando, Florida
- Yudit D. Greenberg and Arnold Wettstein (Rollins College)
- Portland Muslim History Project
- Buddhism in Virginia Beach
- Steven Emmanuel (Virginia Wesleyan University)
- New Vrindaban Project
- Greg Emery (Ohio University)
- Hindu and Jain Communities in North Texas
- The Changing Religious Landscape of Atlanta, Georgia
- Gary Laderman (Emory University)
- Buddhist, Hindu, Jain, Muslim, and Sikh Religious Centers in Atlanta
- Kathryn McClymond (Georgia State University)
- Mapping Post-1965 Immigrant Religious Communities in Northern Ohio
- David Odell-Scott and Surinder Bhawdwaj (Kent State University)
- Pluralism in the "Bible Belt": Mapping the Religious Diversity of South Georgia
- Michael Stoltzfus (Valdosta State University)
- Religious Diversity in Upstate South Carolina
- Claude Stulting and Sam Britt (Furman University)
References
- ^ "Nova Religio and the World Religions and Spirituality Project". University of California Press. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
- ^ Bromley, David G.; Willsky-Ciollo, Lydia (January 2016). "The World Religions & Spirituality Project". Religious Studies Faculty Book Gallery. Fairfield University. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
- ^ a b c "About Us". World Religions and Spirituality Project. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- S2CID 158937341.
- ISSN 1749-8171.
- ^ "COVID-19: Scapegoating Shincheonji in South Korea". CESNUR. 1984-03-14. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
- ISBN 978-1-350-08651-7.
- ISSN 2077-1444.
- OCLC 1039718550.
- ISBN 978-0-19-065648-5.
- .
- ^ "HBO's 'Going Clear' leaves future of Scientology unclear". Washington Post. 2015-03-26. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
- ^ "N.Y. church descended into fear before teen's fatal beating, ex-members say - CBC News". CBC. 2015-10-17. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
- ^ "Church where teen was beaten to death fueled by fear, ex-members say". CBS News. 2015-10-18. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
- ^ "Bodu Bala Sena (Army of Buddhist Power) / BBS". People's Rights Group. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
- ISBN 9780195177299.
- JSTOR 10.1525/nr.2015.18.4.140.
- ISBN 9780195177299.
- ISBN 9780195177299.
- ^ "Organization & Leadership". World Religions and Spirituality Project. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ "Thematic Projects – WRSP". Retrieved 2022-08-06.
- ^ "Regional Projects – WRSP". Retrieved 2022-08-06.
- ^ "Local Community Projects – WRSP". Retrieved 2022-08-06.
- ^ "About". Arch City Religion. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
- ^ "People". A Journey through NYC religions. 2011-02-14. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
- ^ "Professor Melanie Prideaux | School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science | University of Leeds". ahc.leeds.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
External links
- Official website
- Projects listings: