Parliament of the World’s Religions

E103924

global interfaith forum interfaith organization non-governmental organization non-profit organization

The Parliament of the World’s Religions is a global interfaith forum that brings together representatives of diverse religious and spiritual traditions to promote dialogue, understanding, and cooperation.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Parliament of the World’s Religions canonical	2
1993 Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago	1
1999 Parliament of the World’s Religions in Cape Town	1
2004 Parliament of the World’s Religions in Barcelona	1
2009 Parliament of the World’s Religions in Melbourne	1
2015 Parliament of the World’s Religions in Salt Lake City	1
2018 Parliament of the World’s Religions in Toronto	1
Parliament of the World’s Religions 1893	1
World’s Parliament of Religions (1893)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T874458 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Parliament of the World’s Religions
Context triple: [Swami Vivekananda, associatedWith, Parliament of the World’s Religions]

A. Second World Conference of Friends
The Second World Conference of Friends was a major international gathering of Quakers that helped shape global cooperation and consultation among Friends in the 20th century.
B. Lausanne Movement
The Lausanne Movement is a global evangelical network that unites Christian leaders, churches, and organizations to advance world evangelization and mission.
C. World Council of Churches
The World Council of Churches is a global ecumenical organization that brings together numerous Christian denominations to promote unity, cooperation, and common witness.
D. General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches
The General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches is the national representative body for Unitarian and Free Christian congregations in Great Britain, promoting liberal religious thought, congregational autonomy, and social justice.
E. Fellowship of Reconciliation
The Fellowship of Reconciliation is an international, faith-based peace and justice organization known for its commitment to nonviolence, conscientious objection, and social reconciliation.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Parliament of the World’s Religions
Target entity description: The Parliament of the World’s Religions is a global interfaith forum that brings together representatives of diverse religious and spiritual traditions to promote dialogue, understanding, and cooperation.

A. Second World Conference of Friends
The Second World Conference of Friends was a major international gathering of Quakers that helped shape global cooperation and consultation among Friends in the 20th century.
B. Lausanne Movement
The Lausanne Movement is a global evangelical network that unites Christian leaders, churches, and organizations to advance world evangelization and mission.
C. World Council of Churches
The World Council of Churches is a global ecumenical organization that brings together numerous Christian denominations to promote unity, cooperation, and common witness.
D. General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches
The General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches is the national representative body for Unitarian and Free Christian congregations in Great Britain, promoting liberal religious thought, congregational autonomy, and social justice.
E. Fellowship of Reconciliation
The Fellowship of Reconciliation is an international, faith-based peace and justice organization known for its commitment to nonviolence, conscientious objection, and social reconciliation.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	global interfaith forum ⓘ interfaith organization ⓘ non-governmental organization ⓘ non-profit organization ⓘ
abbreviation	PWR ⓘ
adopted	Towards a Global Ethic ⓘ surface form: Declaration Toward a Global Ethic (1993)
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
field	environmental ethics ⓘ human rights advocacy ⓘ interfaith relations ⓘ peacebuilding ⓘ religious dialogue ⓘ
focusesOn	climate change ⓘ combating hate and violence ⓘ religious freedom ⓘ women’s rights ⓘ
founded	1893 ⓘ
foundingEvent	Parliament of the World’s Religions self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: World’s Parliament of Religions (1893)
foundingLocation	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
governance	board of trustees ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
hasProgram	climate action and sustainability initiatives ⓘ interfaith education programs ⓘ youth engagement initiatives ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
keyDocument	Towards a Global Ethic ⓘ surface form: Declaration Toward a Global Ethic
motto	Towards a Global Ethic ⓘ
name	Parliament of the World’s Religions self-link ⓘ
notableEvent	World’s Columbian Exposition ⓘ surface form: 1893 World’s Parliament of Religions in Chicago Parliament of the World’s Religions self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 1993 Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago Parliament of the World’s Religions self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 1999 Parliament of the World’s Religions in Cape Town Parliament of the World’s Religions self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 2004 Parliament of the World’s Religions in Barcelona Parliament of the World’s Religions self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 2009 Parliament of the World’s Religions in Melbourne Parliament of the World’s Religions self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 2015 Parliament of the World’s Religions in Salt Lake City Parliament of the World’s Religions self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 2018 Parliament of the World’s Religions in Toronto 2021 Parliament of the World’s Religions (virtual) in response to COVID-19 pandemic ⓘ 2023 Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago ⓘ
organizes	Parliament of the World’s Religions global convenings ⓘ
purpose	advance justice ⓘ advance peace ⓘ advance sustainability ⓘ promote cooperation among religious and spiritual traditions ⓘ promote interfaith dialogue ⓘ promote understanding among religions ⓘ
website	https://parliamentofreligions.org ⓘ
worksWith	indigenous traditions ⓘ non-religious ethical communities ⓘ religious communities ⓘ spiritual movements ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Swami Vivekananda → associatedWith → Parliament of the World’s Religions ⓘ

Parliament of the World’s Religions → name → Parliament of the World’s Religions self-link ⓘ

Parliament of the World’s Religions → foundingEvent → Parliament of the World’s Religions self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: World’s Parliament of Religions (1893)