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Welcome to the Belief Portal

Our portal is a search tool that will help you learn about religions, belief systems, and perspectives of the world, both past and present.

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Religion: Catholicism – Christianity

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Religion: Sunnism – Islam

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Religion: Shi’ism – Islam

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Religion: Other Islam

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Religion: Hinduism


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Religion: Judaism

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Religion: Chinese religions, incl. Daoism​


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Religion: Theravada – Buddhism


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Religion: Mahayana – Buddhism


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Religion: Vajrayana​ – Buddhism


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THROUGH YOUR GENEROUS DONATION, YOU ARE

Sustaining contextual education on the history of world religions

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Ensuring the the expansion of our activities to help reduce fundamentalism of all kinds

Expanding our facilitation of inter-religious dialogue

Enabling us to bring awareness to the psychological and environmental consequences of particular religious narratives

Helping us continue to provide a valuable educational resource through the spiritual database (The Faith Portal).

Let’s work together to promote critical thinking and facilitate important conversations.

The Open Mind Project seeks to shed light on the power and influence that religious, cultural and fundamental narratives have on human psychology, society, and environment. We provide educational resources, including an online database of belief systems (the Faith Portal). We promote a broadened worldview that reinforces our identity as one human race, transcending the stories that often divide us. We connect people from different backgrounds, seeking more beneficial narratives to assist in our progression toward sustainability and equitable civilization.