List of interreligious organizations

An interreligious organization or interfaith organization is an organization that encourages dialogue and cooperation between the world's different religions. In 1893, the Parliament of the Worlds Religions held, in conjunction with the World Colombian Exposition, a conference held in Chicago that is believed to be the first interfaith gathering of notable significance. In the century since, many local, national and international organizations have been founded.

International organizations[]

• American Jewish Committee (AJC) Dept of Interreligious Affairs, established 1906
• Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University
• Center for Jewish-Christian Understanding and Cooperation (CJCUC), established 2008
• Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions, established 1988
• The Elijah Interfaith Institute, established 1997
• European Council of Religious Leaders, established 2002
• Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR), established 1914
• Focolare Movement
• Institute for Interreligious Dialogue
• The Interfaith Encounter Association
• Interfaith Worker Justice
• The International Association for Religious Freedom (IARF), established 1900
• International Council of Christians and Jews (ICCJ), established 1975
• Interreligious and International Federation for World Peace
• International Humanist and Ethical Union - world body for Humanism that promotes comparative religion and inter religious dialogue
• The Lutheran World Federation Program on Interfaith and Peace, established 1947
• KAICIID Dialogue Centre, established in 2012
• North American Interfaith Network (NAIN), established 2000
• The Religious Institute on Sexual Morality, Justice, and Healing, established 2000
• The Sovereign Order of the Ecumenical Knights of Malta O.S.J.
• Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding
• Temple of Understanding (ToU), established 1960
• United Religions Initiative (URI), established 2000
• The Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, established 1964
• The World Conference of Religions for Peace, established 1970
• World Council of Churches Team on Interreligious Relations, established 1948
• 1000 Abrahamic Circles Project established 2018

National and local bodies[]

• Inter-Religious Organisation, (Singapore), established 1949
• Comité Pro Paz (Chile), 1973-1975; supported human rights during the Pinochet regime
• The Interfaith Alliance (USA), established 1994
• Interfaith Partners of South Carolina (USA), established 2010
• Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Taoism, established 1983
• Network of Spiritual Progressives, established 2006
• Muslim-Jewish Advisory Council, established 2016
• Interfaith Families Project of Greater Washington, D.C., established in 1995

Governmental Institutions[]

Some governmental institutions are geared specifically with dealing with diversity of religions.

• Australasian Police Multicultural Advisory Bureau

See also[]

• Interfaith dialogue