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An interreligious organization/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
- 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 Inter Faith Network
- International Fellowship of Reconciliation
- Interfaith Alliance
- Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development
- Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility
- Interfaith Dialog Center
- Interfaith Drug Policy Initiative
- Interfaith Encounter Association
- Interfaith Institute of Divine Love
- Interfaith Leadership Council of Metropolitan Detroit
- Interfaith Medical Center
- Interfaith Nutrition Network
- Interfaith Worker Justice
- International Association for Religious Freedom
- International Council of Christians and Jews
- International Humanist and Ethical Union
- Interreligious and International Federation for World Peace
- International Association for Religious Freedom (IARF), established 1900
- International Council of Christians and Jews (ICCJ), established 1975
- International Humanist and Ethical Union, world body for Humanism that promotes comparative religion and interreligious dialogue
- KAICIID Dialogue Centre, established in 2012
- Lutheran World Federation Program on Interfaith and Peace
- Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Taoism
- Muslim-Jewish Advisory Council
- Network of Spiritual Progressives
- North American Interfaith Network
- Project Interfaith
- Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, established 1964
- The Religious Institute on Sexual Morality, Justice, and Healing
- Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding
- Temple of Understanding (ToU), established 1960
- United Religions Initiative (URI), established 2000
- The World Conference of Religions for Peace, established 1970
- World Council of Churches Team on Interreligious Relations, established 1948
- World Interfaith Harmony Week
National and local bodies※
- Comité Pro Paz (Chile), 1973–1975; supported human rights during the Pinochet regime
- The Interfaith Alliance (US), established 1994
- Interfaith Center of New York
- Interfaith Partners of South Carolina (US), established 2010
- Interfaith Housing Center of the Northern Suburbs
- 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.