Wikipedia:WikiProject Religion/Interfaith work group
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Goals
editThis task force would attempt to deal with these subjects by trying to bring together good editors familiar with a variety of religions who could try to create guidelines for articles relating to several religions and resolve disputes relating to such content in these articles, in a fair, non-POV, accurate way.
Scope
editThe scope of this group includes all articles which involve significant content relating to disparate religious traditions. These include, but are not limited to the articles in Category:Interfaith dialogue. Also, any articles which are found to qualify for the attention of this group should be added to the category or one of its subcategories.
Activity
editThe purpose of this project is two-fold.
- (1) It shall work to improve articles which explicitly lie within its purview- that being articles which deal with several religious traditions- by working to create missing articles, and improve and maintain existing articles.
- (2) There are (and will continue to be) questions raised regarding, for instance, an article related to Islam which has some content explicitly related to Christianity. In this instance, it might be beneficial to have someone who is perhaps better informed of the minutiae of Christianity to review that content to see if it is accurate and NPOV. To assist with this, we are asking all interested parties to indicate their own areas of expertise or knowledge, so that we will be more easily capable of bringing in informed editors to review this specific material.
Recognized content
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Featured articles
editGood articles
editDid you know (DYK)s
edit- Alba Bible - 26 October 2006.
Members
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All members should feel free to join our parent project, Wikipedia:WikiProject Religion. Also, please mention any specific fields of expertise or knowledge below.
- John Carter 16:26, 12 May 2007 (UTC) - knowledge of Christianity, some awareness of older religious faiths and some of the new religious movements
- C.Logan 02:02, 13 May 2007 (UTC) - moderate knowledge of Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Protestant Christianity, and Sunni Islam.
- Sefringle 01:29, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
- Peter Deer (talk) 18:52, 29 January 2008 (UTC) - I am versed somewhat in basic biblical and quranic tenets, and versed in regards to babism and the baha'i faith. I consider myself relatively knowledgeable in regards to the common ground of Abrahamic Religion as well as Abrahamic Religion's roots in the Semetic language group particularly in regards to Arabic.
- Johnbod (talk) 23:26, 21 February 2008 (UTC) Iconography and categorization in particular, mostly Christian (Catholic/Byzantine) but also Asian religions.
- Shruti14 05:14, 21 March 2008 (UTC) I want to help wherever I can, but especially with articles related to Dharmic religions.
- Alexander Gieg 08:20, Monday August 26 2024 (UTC) - I'm a former Spiritist, now a member of the Traditionalist School looking forward to become either an Orthodox Christian or a Shinto-Buddhist, with varied levels of knowledge on (from most to least): Spiritism, Christianity, Buddhism, polytheisms in general, Islam, Shinto, Judaism, New Age and Occultism. And I'm also an undergraduate Philosophy student. So, lots of ways to contribute right there. :-)
- Wikidas 08:20, Monday August 26 2024 (UTC) - I'm interested in personalism in all religious expressions and contexts, in particular in connections between original traditions in relation to bridal mysticism, theory of compassion and non-violence. Have some knowledge of ancient Sanskrit texts. I practice daily prayer and mantra meditation.
- Peter Deer 17:21, Friday May 9 2008 (UTC) - I am a Baha'i and as such I regularly study the relationships and commonalities between different religions.
- Rucha58 17:15, 5 January 2009 (UTC) - I'm both a nondenominational Christian and a (Theravada) Buddhist, and I wish to help with articles which deal with interfaith comparisons, especially Dharmic religions.
- Tedlau 08:20, Monday August 26 2024 (UTC) - My religious background is United Methodism and Unitarian Universalism. Also schooled in physics, science and religion, comparative religions, depth psychology and mythology. I want to help.
- interfaithmonk 08:20, Monday August 26 2024 (UTC) - I have an M.Div. from a Christian university, teach meditation and I am ordained by the first ecclesiastic universal order recognized by professional clergy and government bodies. I serve as a chaplain to all faiths in several government institutions with local and national scope. "Interfaith as a unique spiritual expression" is emerging and is taking on its own identity.
- Mikhailov Kusserow (talk · contribs)
- stephanabradley (talk · contribs) - I have extensive knowledge of Southern Baptist Protestant Christianity, good knowledge of Methodist Protestant Christianity, familiarity with Wicca, and am currently studying Shamanism. I am a non-denominational minister, ordained by the Universal Life Church Monastery and a Mason.
- User:Eclectic Angel 08:20, Monday August 26 2024 (UTC) - I have knowledge in the Abrahamic Religions, Dharmic Religions, Neopagan and Pagan Reconstructionist religions, Zoroastrianism, and the East Asian religions. Since I am Eclectic, I have plenty of knowledge with each, spanning 27 world religions. Other religions that are not part of my Eclectic beliefs, though I do have knowledge in them, include the Native American Church, some Aboriginalism, Shamanism, and Voodoo.
- Casswenze 08:20, Monday August 26 2024 (UTC) - I am a convert to Judaism who was raised Roman Catholic and I studied religion in the North American context at university. I have pretty decent knowledge of the Abrahamic faiths and I wrote my thesis about science, religion, and law. I have particular knowledge in the areas of Roman Catholic and Jewish history and doctrine, as well as the interactions between Protestant Christian denominations and the United States government, with a specific focus on science and education policy.
- --Fadesga (talk) 12:36, 10 February 2017 (UTC) - I am a Roman Catholic raised in a German private school. I grew up amid Catholics, Lutherans, Mennonites, Jews, agnostics, atheists and even a Muslim. I am proud of my early contact with interfaith!
- Maxim Stoyalov
- — Mr. Guye (talk) (contribs) a Christian interested in Christian–Muslim relations. 21:21, 6 October 2018 (UTC)
- Doughbo (talk) 02:00, 11 May 2023 (UTC) Believer and monotheist. Most strongly interested in developing articles related to the Baháʼí Faith or Zoroastrianism.
- Rev. 'Public Friend' Felipe Ribeiro (talk) 00:00, 04 October 2023 (UTC) Internationally awarded interfaith agent and interfaith studies scholar, creator of the Interfaith Studies article.
References
editA number of websites regularly contain material relevant to this subject in English. They include:
- The Interfaith Observer
- The International Dialogue Centre (KAICIID)
- Religions for Peace
- International Council for Inter-Religious Cooperation
- Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology