About This Site

Last updated: 15.11.2026

Why this site exists

Religions have shaped, and still shape, the world's history, politics and culture. This site offers a comparative, accessible, source-based look at 15 religions and traditions – without preaching and without ranking.

How the information is presented

One framework: every religion is presented with exactly the same chapters, so they can be compared.
Balance: "Human Life, War and Peace" covers what a religion teaches; "Religion, Power and Violence" covers what actually happened – the dark chapters (wars, conquest, coercion, persecution) and the peace traditions, and the times its believers were victims.
Attribution: criticism is presented as the claims of critics, scholars or believers themselves – not as this site's position.
Tradition versus history: where a tradition's account differs from scholarly estimates, we give both (also in the timeline).

Updates and corrections

The site is updated and expanded regularly. Found a mistake or an imbalance? Please tell us: [email protected].

Image credits

The symbols and photos on this site are from Wikimedia Commons.

Symbol – african-traditional: Gye Nyame (Adinkra Symbol).svg.svg) – kasahorow from Openclipart, CC0
Symbol – bahai: Bahai star.svg – —, Public domain
Symbol – buddhism: Dharma wheel.svg – Viniciuscb at English Wikipedia, Public domain
Symbol – christianity: Christian cross.svg – Boris23 (talk · contribs), Public domain
Symbol – confucianism: 木鐸 --- Confucian wooden-clapper bell.svg – Aethelwolf Emsworth., Public domain
Symbol – druze: Druze star.svg – Erin Silversmith, Public domain
Symbol – hinduism: Om symbol.svg – The Unicode Consortium, Public domain
Symbol – islam: Star and Crescent.svg – Original uploader was Kbolino at en.wikipedia.org, Public domain
Symbol – judaism: Star of David.svg – Zscout370, Public domain
Symbol – shinto: Shinto torii icon vermillion.svg – Washiucho, Public domain
Symbol – sikhism: Khanda.svg – Self-made, Public domain
Symbol – taoism: Yin and Yang symbol.svg – Klem, Public domain
Symbol – zoroastrianism: Faravahar-Gold.svg – Shaahin, Public domain
Photo – cave-patriarchs: Hebron Cave of the Patriarchs.jpg – Utilisateur:Djampa - User:Djampa, CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo – holy-sepulchre: Jerusalem Holy Sepulchre BW 19.JPG – Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0
Photo – temple-mount: Jerusalem-2013(2)-Aerial-Temple Mount-(south exposure).jpg-Aerial-Temple_Mount-(south_exposure).jpg) – Godot13, CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo – western-wall: Western Wall Plaza - Jerusalem (1291829327).jpg.jpg) – David King from Haifa, Israel, CC BY 2.0