Spiritists believe new and more profound concepts with respect to God, the Universe, Mankind, the Spirits and the Laws which govern life can be obtained through spiritism. Spiritism serves to answer what we are, where we have come from, where we shall go to and the cause of our pains and sufferings.

19 million* Not considered a religion by adherents, who view it as secular and anti-revisionist. Juche is the political ideology of the Workers Party of Korea, the ruling party of the DPRK; some have argued it constitutes a religion due to its Great Leader Worship characteristics.

Sikhism is one of the top ten religions in the world. The religion developed in the 15th Century. Sikhism comes from the word Sikh, which means a strong and able disciple.

Secular/Irreligious/Agnostic/Atheist 1.1 billion

Gautama Buddha was a South Asian spiritual leader believed to have lived between approximately 563 BCE and 483 BCE. Born as Siddhartha Gautama (Sanskrit: "descendant of Gautama whose aims are achieved / who achieves aims effectively") he became "the Buddha" after embarking on a quest for spiritual meaning. He is universally recognised by Buddhists as the Supreme Buddha (literally Enlightened One or Awakened One) of our age. He is also commonly known as Shakyamuni or Sakyamuni ("sage of the Shakya clan") and as the Tathagata ("thus-come-one").

The history of Buddhism spans from the 6th century BCE to the present, starting with the birth of the Buddha Siddharta Gautama.

The following collection of external websites provide some additional insight and information into Modern Hinduism:

Hinduism has grown to become the world's third largest religion, after Christianity and Islam.

Who Is A Hindu?

Hinduism is the oldest and most complex of all religious systems. Providing an adequate history for the development of Hinduism is difficult, since it has no specific founder or theology and originated in the religious practices of Aryan tribes who moved to India from central Asia more than three thousand years ago. The Aryans attacked the Harappan people who lived in modern day India around 1500 BC. Eventually, through adaptation to the religious beliefs of the other, both groups developed similar religious belief systems, founded on the polytheism of the Aryans and the sanctity of fertility of the Harappans.

Established in 1976, and situated on Philadelphia's Independence Mall, the National Museum of American Jewish History is the only Museum in the nation dedicated exclusively to collecting, preserving and interpreting artifacts pertaining to the American Jewish experience.

This page is a subset of texts derived from the three major online Sourcebooks listed below, along with added texts and web site indicators. For more contextual information, for instance about Western imperialism, the Islamic world, or the history of a given period, check out these web sites.

Muslims in the West and around the world today

This site focuses on online texts, which, for the most part, means public domain texts translated more than 75 years ago. In many cases it is these older translations which are used in commercially available sourcebooks.

"One Nation Under God"

One is forced to talk about the "histories" of Christianity rather than of the "history" of the religion. This is particularly true of the very early Christian movement:

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