Nigel Warburton is lecturer in philosophy at the Open University. He has written several books on philosophy and he was a founding member of the Humanist Philosophers Group.

“New Religious Movements: An Orthodox Perspective” is an article written by Vladimir Fedorov on World Council of Churches site in 1998.

Kate Soper is a British philosopher. She has published widely on environmental philosophy, aesthetics of nature, theory of needs and consumption and cultural theory. She is the author of Humanism and Anti-Humanism (Hutchinson, 1986). She is a member of the Humanist Philosophers Group.

“Psychology of Spiritual Movements” provides a psychological analysis of Spiritual Movements’ history, beliefs and ideals by Michael Rogge.

The World Religions & Spirituality Project at University of Virginia provides resources on religious beliefs and movements around the globe, including a list of links to other organizations who provide more detailed resources.

Jonathan Rée is a writer, philosopher and historian. He has written several books and his writing has appeared in several major British publications. He is an atheist and secularist but he thinks that religious traditions contain far more intelligence and insight than the brasher kinds of humanist give them credit for. He is a member […]

The Watchman has a page on New Religious Movements and Interreligious Dialogue by Jason Barker, 1998.

Read the 2005 report by the United Nations Millennium Project about reducing gender inequality through education.

Read a August 23, 2012, story on the World Food Programme website about how the organization’s programs to improve maternal health have changed one community.