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A basic research guide for the major world religions

About this Guide

This guide is designed to help you start your research in World Religions.  This is not an all-encompassing guide, but rather a list of resources that can introduce you to the scholarly conversation about religious distinctions.  See also: Diversity & Inclusion Resource Guide: Religion page and/or Underrepresented Voices in Christianity.

Religious Leaders

In the world's major religions and philosophies there exist some well-known leaders.  Here are a few of them for consideration:

Buddhism

the Buddha (Gautama Buddha)

The 14th Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso)

Confucianism:

Confucius 

Islam:

Muhammad (Muhammad ibn Abdullāh) 

Judaism:

Moses - prophet

Catholicism

Pope Francis

Christianity (also Protestantism)

Jesus of Nazareth

Martin Luther

Hinduism:

Mātā Amṛtānandamayī Devī (Amma)

New Religious Movements:

Mormonism (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints):

Joseph Smith, Jr. 

Brigham Young

Current President - Russel M. Nelson

Unification Movement:

Sun Myung Moon

Scientology:

L. Ron Hubbard

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