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World Religions and Spirituality Project

January 01, 1970

The World Religions and Spirituality Project (WRSP, formerly known as the New Religious Movements Homepage Project[1]) publishes academic profiles of new and established religious movements, archive material related to some groups, and articles that provide context for the profiles.[2][3] It is referenced by scholars,[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] journalists,[12][13][14] and human rights groups[15] to provide a scholarly representation of threatened communities.

World Religions and Spirituality Project
Founder(s)David G. Bromley
Established2010
Location
Virginia Commonwealth University
,
Richmond
,
Virginia
,
United States
Websitewrldrels.org

History edit

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 edit

In an article that discusses the challenge of teaching students about new religious movements, Douglas E. Cowan explains that, because of "the thousands of NRMs that exist in the world at any one time, only a relative handful are ever discussed in the various print resources […], and the Internet is, by default, the only source of information available. The issue then becomes how credible the information is that they obtain online."[18] Websites like CESNUR, the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance, the Internet Sacred Text Archive, the Association of Religion Data Archives, and WRSP are understood as examples of websites that respond to this problem.[19] These websites serve to popularize the academic study of new religious movements.

Special projects edit

In addition to publishing profiles, it has ten special projects, thematic or regional, which are directed by recognized scholars.[20]

References edit

  1. ^ "Nova Religio and the World Religions and Spirituality Project". University of California Press. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  2. ^ Bromley, David G.; Willsky-Ciollo, Lydia (January 2016). "The World Religions & Spirituality Project". Religious Studies Faculty Book Gallery. Fairfield University. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "About Us". World Religions and Spirituality Project. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  4. ^ Knott, Kim (2018-09-02). "Applying the study of religions in the security domain: knowledge, skills, and collaboration". Journal of Religious and Political Practice. 4 (3). Informa UK Limited: 354–373. doi:10.1080/20566093.2018.1525901. ISSN 2056-6093. S2CID 158937341.
  5. ^ Krebs, Jill M. (2017). "Teaching and learning guide for contemporary Marian apparitions and devotional cultures". Religion Compass. 11 (5–6). Wiley: e12234. doi:10.1111/rec3.12234. ISSN 1749-8171.
  6. ^ "COVID-19: Scapegoating Shincheonji in South Korea". CESNUR. 1984-03-14. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  7. ^ "Notes". Dynamism and the Ageing of a Japanese 'New' Religion. Bloomsbury Academic. 2019. doi:10.5040/9781350086548-008. ISBN 978-1-350-08651-7.
  8. ^ Bromley, David (2016-06-03). "Santa Muerte as Emerging Dangerous Religion?". Religions. 7 (6). MDPI AG: 65. doi:10.3390/rel7060065. ISSN 2077-1444.
  9. ^ Deo, Nandini (2018). Postsecular feminisms : religion and gender in transnational context. London, UK: Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 978-1-350-03806-6. OCLC 1039718550.
  10. ^ Kitts, Margo, ed. (2018-05-24). "Martyrdom, Self-Sacrifice, and Self-Immolation". Oxford Scholarship Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/oso/9780190656485.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-065648-5.
  11. ^ Bromley, David G. (2009-09-02). "New Religions as a Specialist Field of Study". Oxford Handbooks Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199588961.013.0041.
  12. ^ "HBO's 'Going Clear' leaves future of Scientology unclear". Washington Post. 2015-03-26. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  13. ^ "N.Y. church descended into fear before teen's fatal beating, ex-members say - CBC News". CBC. 2015-10-17. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  14. ^ "Church where teen was beaten to death fueled by fear, ex-members say". CBS News. 2015-10-18. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  15. ^ "Bodu Bala Sena (Army of Buddhist Power) / BBS". People's Rights Group. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  16. ^ Cowan, Douglas E. (2007). Bromley, David G. (ed.). Teaching New Religious Movements on the World Wide Web. Oxford University Press. p. 300. ISBN 9780195177299.
  17. ^ "Nova Religio and the World Religions and Spirituality Project". Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions. 19 (2): 130. November 2015. doi:10.1525/nr.2015.18.4.140. JSTOR 10.1525/nr.2015.18.4.140.
  18. ^ Cowan, Douglas E. (2007). Bromley, David G. (ed.). Teaching New Religious Movements on the World Wide Web. Oxford University Press. p. 294–295. ISBN 9780195177299.
  19. ^ Cowan, Douglas E. (2007). Bromley, David G. (ed.). Teaching New Religious Movements on the World Wide Web. Oxford University Press. p. 295–296. ISBN 9780195177299.
  20. ^ "Organization & Leadership". World Religions and Spirituality Project. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  21. ^ "Thematic Projects – WRSP". Retrieved 2022-08-06.
  22. ^ "Regional Projects – WRSP". Retrieved 2022-08-06.
  23. ^ "Local Community Projects – WRSP". Retrieved 2022-08-06.
  24. ^ "About". Arch City Religion. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
  25. ^ "People". A Journey through NYC religions. 2011-02-14. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
  26. ^ "Professor Melanie Prideaux | School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science | University of Leeds". ahc.leeds.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-08-06.

External links edit

  • Official website
  • Projects listings:
    • Thematic
    • Regional
    • Local

January 01, 1970
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The World Religions and Spirituality Project WRSP formerly known as the New Religious Movements Homepage Project 1 publishes academic profiles of new and established religious movements archive material related to some groups and articles that provide context for the profiles 2 3 It is referenced by scholars 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 journalists 12 13 14 and human rights groups 15 to provide a scholarly representation of threatened communities World Religions and Spirituality ProjectFounder s David G BromleyEstablished2010LocationVirginia Commonwealth University Richmond Virginia United StatesWebsitewrldrels wbr org Contents 1 History 2 Purpose 3 Special projects 4 References 5 External linksHistory editWRSP 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 editIn an article that discusses the challenge of teaching students about new religious movements Douglas E Cowan explains that because of the thousands of NRMs that exist in the world at any one time only a relative handful are ever discussed in the various print resources and the Internet is by default the only source of information available The issue then becomes how credible the information is that they obtain online 18 Websites like CESNUR the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance the Internet Sacred Text Archive the Association of Religion Data Archives and WRSP are understood as examples of websites that respond to this problem 19 These websites serve to popularize the academic study of new religious movements Special projects editIn 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 Massimo Introvigne CESNUR Spiritual and Visionary Communities Timothy Miller University of Kansas 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 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 Lancaster Erica Baffelli University of Lancaster and Birgit Staemmler University of Tubingen Religion and Spirituality in Russia and Eastern Europe Kaarina Aitamurto University of Helsinki and Maija Penttila University of Helsinki Spiritual and Religious Traditions in Italy Stefania Palmisano University of Turin and Massimo Introvigne CESNUR Local Special Projects 23 World Religions in Richmond David G Bromley Virginia Commonwealth University Student Research on North American Buddhist Communities defunct Kevin Vose College of William amp 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 Kambiz GhaneaBassiri Reed College Buddhism in Virginia Beach Steven Emmanuel Virginia Wesleyan University New Vrindaban Project Greg Emery Ohio University Hindu and Jain Communities in North Texas Pankaj Jain University of 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 edit 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 amp 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 Knott Kim 2018 09 02 Applying the study of religions in the security domain knowledge skills and collaboration Journal of Religious and Political Practice 4 3 Informa UK Limited 354 373 doi 10 1080 20566093 2018 1525901 ISSN 2056 6093 S2CID 158937341 Krebs Jill M 2017 Teaching and learning guide for contemporary Marian apparitions and devotional cultures Religion Compass 11 5 6 Wiley e12234 doi 10 1111 rec3 12234 ISSN 1749 8171 COVID 19 Scapegoating Shincheonji in South Korea CESNUR 1984 03 14 Retrieved 2020 08 08 Notes Dynamism and the Ageing of a Japanese New Religion Bloomsbury Academic 2019 doi 10 5040 9781350086548 008 ISBN 978 1 350 08651 7 Bromley David 2016 06 03 Santa Muerte as Emerging Dangerous Religion Religions 7 6 MDPI AG 65 doi 10 3390 rel7060065 ISSN 2077 1444 Deo Nandini 2018 Postsecular feminisms religion and gender in transnational context London UK Bloomsbury Academic ISBN 978 1 350 03806 6 OCLC 1039718550 Kitts Margo ed 2018 05 24 Martyrdom Self Sacrifice and Self Immolation Oxford Scholarship Online Oxford University Press doi 10 1093 oso 9780190656485 001 0001 ISBN 978 0 19 065648 5 Bromley David G 2009 09 02 New Religions as a Specialist Field of Study Oxford Handbooks Online Oxford University Press doi 10 1093 oxfordhb 9780199588961 013 0041 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 Cowan Douglas E 2007 Bromley David G ed Teaching New Religious Movements on the World Wide Web Oxford University Press p 300 ISBN 9780195177299 Nova Religio and the World Religions and Spirituality Project Nova Religio The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions 19 2 130 November 2015 doi 10 1525 nr 2015 18 4 140 JSTOR 10 1525 nr 2015 18 4 140 Cowan Douglas E 2007 Bromley David G ed Teaching New Religious Movements on the World Wide Web Oxford University Press p 294 295 ISBN 9780195177299 Cowan Douglas E 2007 Bromley David G ed Teaching New Religious Movements on the World Wide Web Oxford University Press p 295 296 ISBN 9780195177299 Organization amp 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 editOfficial website Projects listings Thematic Regional Local Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title World Religions and Spirituality Project amp oldid 1136216342, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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