Religion

=== Interfaith cooperation ===
{{Main|Interfaith dialogue}}
Because religion continues to be recognized in Western thought as a universal impulse,<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Structure of Religion in the U.S. {{!}} Boundless Sociology|url=https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-sociology/chapter/the-structure-of-religion-in-the-u-s/|access-date=8 August 2020|website=courses.lumenlearning.com|archive-date=13 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113024135/https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-sociology/chapter/the-structure-of-religion-in-the-u-s/|url-status=live}}</ref> many religious practitioners{{who|date=July 2016}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Raja Juli |first1=Antoni |title=The Role of Religion in Peacebuilding in Conflict-Torn Society in Southeast Asia |url=https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/data/UQ_345401/s4187186_phd_sumbmission.pdf?Expires=1610295553&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJKNBJ4MJBJNC6NLQ&Signature=hUJPv-OD7l7Jpt4ccMX7BNlW4QFHnj8-GboiYteu5igkrj5sG4AkHix54sEaPg1oo8y7JSVMxwJL~A~09lqYk5VZSsCsLGG5IdiBquOyIyNX8LtILuovzgJe9Fta1uQWoTsrpQlxb~XgW5Zc2b1GdzBxHYGNj62-mNpflOVRltbgemo8IeIot75xdcQr03KIX8L57V4sspfryKXa7aWdbe6QR7NId7VVrhsD-CRp6JDo-s-jnxKYhionmqASyeryiUCYwCpBzyqaMXPQ~fLccofFFJFVkfPd2wazbxO4AIcEbW8MHb4oiOavkqwG9SUrbQ-D8mkIbJsQ6xEAdGRDJA__ |publisher=The University of Queensland, Australia |access-date=10 January 2021}}</ref> have aimed to band together in [[Interfaith dialogue|interfaith]] dialogue, cooperation, and [[Religion and peacebuilding|religious peacebuilding]]. The first major dialogue was the [[Parliament of the World's Religions]] at the 1893 [[World's Columbian Exposition|Chicago World's Fair]], which affirmed universal values and recognition of the diversity of practices among different cultures.<ref>{{cite web |title=1893 Chicago {{!}} parliamentofreligions.org |url=https://parliamentofreligions.org/parliament/1893-chicago |website=parliamentofreligions.org |access-date=10 January 2021 |language=en |archive-date=27 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127075956/https://parliamentofreligions.org/parliament/1893-chicago |url-status=live }}</ref> The 20th century has been especially fruitful in use of interfaith dialogue as a means of solving ethnic, political, or even religious conflict, with [[Christian–Jewish reconciliation]] representing a complete reverse in the attitudes of many Christian communities towards Jews.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Miles |first1=Leroyce |title=Introduction to the Study of Religion |date=2018 |publisher=EDTECH |isbn=978-1-83947-363-0 |page=6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A-TEDwAAQBAJ&dq=The+20th+century+has+been+especially+fruitful+in+use+of+interfaith+dialogue+as+a+means+of+solving+ethnic,+political,+or+even+religious+conflict,+with+Christian%E2%80%93Jewish+reconciliation+representing+a+complete+reverse+in+the+attitudes+of+many+Christian+communities+towards+Jews&pg=PA6 |access-date=10 January 2021 |archive-date=16 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216060614/https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Introduction_to_the_Study_of_Religion/A-TEDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=The+20th+century+has+been+especially+fruitful+in+use+of+interfaith+dialogue+as+a+means+of+solving+ethnic%2C+political%2C+or+even+religious+conflict%2C+with+Christian%E2%80%93Jewish+reconciliation+representing+a+complete+reverse+in+the+attitudes+of+many+Christian+communities+towards+Jews&pg=PA6&printsec=frontcover |url-status=live }}</ref>

Recent interfaith initiatives include A Common Word, launched in 2007 and focused on bringing Muslim and Christian leaders together,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://acommonword.com/|title=A Common Word Between Us and You|work=acommonword.com|access-date=16 February 2022|archive-date=10 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210054700/https://www.acommonword.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> the "C1 World Dialogue",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.c1worlddialogue.com/|title=konsoleH :: Login|work=c1worlddialogue.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110128195027/https://www.c1worlddialogue.com/|archive-date=28 January 2011}}</ref> the Common Ground initiative between Islam and Buddhism,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://islambuddhism.com/|title=Islam and Buddhism|work=islambuddhism.com|access-date=16 February 2022|archive-date=20 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120075808/https://www.islambuddhism.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> and a [[United Nations]] sponsored "World Interfaith Harmony Week".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home|url=https://worldinterfaithharmonyweek.com/|access-date=8 August 2020|website=World Interfaith Harmony Week|language=en-US|archive-date=7 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807190033/https://worldinterfaithharmonyweek.com/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldinterfaithharmonyweek.com/world-interfaith-harmony-week-resolution/|title=» World Interfaith Harmony Week UNGA Resolution A/65/PV.34|work=worldinterfaithharmonyweek.com|access-date=16 February 2022|archive-date=21 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921082633/http://worldinterfaithharmonyweek.com/world-interfaith-harmony-week-resolution/|url-status=live}}</ref>