Levant, global diaspora
Judaism
Covenant, law and an unbroken interpretive conversation.
- Key texts
- Tanakh; Mishnah and Talmud; later commentary.
- Study note
- Interpretation is internal to the tradition — disagreement is part of the method.
Tradition explorer
Studied on their own terms
Each tradition is presented through its own sources and its own scholarship before any comparison is made. No tradition is ranked above another.
Global
Christianity
A movement around the person of Jesus, expressed through many branches.
- Key texts
- Old and New Testaments; creeds; patristic and later theology.
- Study note
- Historical study and confessional belief are distinct lenses; we mark which is being used.
Global
Islam
Submission to God, formed by revelation and prophetic practice.
- Key texts
- Quran; hadith collections; schools of jurisprudence.
- Study note
- Scholarly transmission and legal method matter as much as text in this tradition.
Islamic world
Sufism
The inner dimension of Islamic practice.
- Key texts
- Al-Ghazali; Rumi; Ibn Arabi.
- Study note
- Diverse and contested within Islam itself — presented with that context.
Asia, global
Buddhism
Suffering, its causes, and a path of practice.
- Key texts
- Pali Canon; Mahayana sutras; commentarial literature.
- Study note
- Schools differ substantially; 'Buddhism' in the singular is a simplification.
South Asia, global
Hindu Traditions
A family of traditions rather than a single system.
- Key texts
- Vedas; Upanishads; Bhagavad Gita; darshana literature.
- Study note
- We avoid flattening plural traditions into one doctrine.
China, global
Taoism
Alignment with the way things move.
- Key texts
- Tao Te Ching; Zhuangzi.
- Study note
- Philosophical and religious Taoism are related but not identical.
Africa and diaspora
African Spiritual Traditions
Cosmology, ancestry, community and continuity.
- Key texts
- Oral traditions; ethnographic and historical scholarship.
- Study note
- Enormous internal diversity; oral transmission requires careful sourcing.