World Religions in Greater Boston: Home

Our mission is to provided educational classes, ceremonies and special events which are designed for Buddhist and Tibetan cultural appreciation and preservation. For more than a decade we have studied, celebrated, awarded and reached out to each other and the broader community to share Buddhist ideas, art and culture. We demonstrate respect for other religions by hosting and participating in interfaith events. We also aspire to honor the source of our knowledge base by assisting schools and teachers in the country of Tibet.

The Baha'i Association at Tufts is composed of members and friends of the Baha'i Faith on and around the Tufts University campus. Their goal is to make the world a better place.

The Brandeis Baha'i Association brings together people of diverse ethnic, religious, cultural, and philosophical backgrounds to search for spiritual solutions to practical social problems.  They meet weekly, are involved in interfaith activities, and collaborate with other Brandeis clubs as well as Baha'i clubs at other local universities.

The Harvard Baha'i Association is a student organization whose membership is open to all students and faculty. It organizes diverse events on and off campus. The Harvard Baha'i Association's main activities revolve around fellowship and the organization of events that are in line with Baha'i ideals such as the independent investigation of truth, the harmony of religion and science, the equality of men and women, the elimination of all forms of prejudice, the oneness of humanity, and the promotion of world peace and governance.

The Boston University Baha’i Association is a group of Boston University Baha’i students that seeks to promote unity of race, religion, and culture.

The Baha'i Association at MIT is a student organization whose membership is open to all students and faculty. It organizes diverse events on and off campus primarily to promulgate the Baha'i Faith and its ideals.

A bright is a person who has a naturalistic worldview that is free of supernatural and mystical elements. The ethics and actions of a bright are based on a naturalistic worldview

The movement's three major aims are:

1. Promote the civic understanding and acknowledgment of the naturalistic worldview, which is free of supernatural and mystical elements.
2. Gain public recognition that persons who hold such a worldview can bring principled actions to bear on matters of civic importance.
3. Educate society toward accepting the full and equitable civic participation of all such individuals.

The Boston Area Coalition of Reason is a group made up of numerous organizations in central and eastern Massachusetts that share a worldview grounded in reason over superstition, and scientific truth over revealed truth.  We are freethinkers, humanists, skeptics, atheists and agnostics that hope to provide a larger sense of community and to be a central clearinghouse for information on all like minded groups in the area.

We are part of the United Coalition of Reason, a national organization that works to raise the visibility of local groups in the community of reason. They conduct campaigns which highlight the fact that nontheists live in every community across America. Locally, they promote informal cooperation among local groups, host a local coalition website, provide group leaders with free public relations training, and fund a publicity campaign.

The Center for Naturalism (CFN) is a 501(c)3 non-profit educational organization devoted to increasing public awareness of naturalism and its implications for social and personal well-being. By means of local activities, publications, research, conferences, educational programs, and policy development, the CFN seeks to foster the understanding that human beings and their behavior are fully caused, entirely natural phenomena, and that human flourishing is best achieved in the light of such understanding.

"The Disproof Atheism Society, founded in 1994, is an independent,
Boston-based, worldwide network of people interested in logic,
science, and analytic philosophy who support the development of
disproof atheism. We host monthly talks, discussions, and other
events, primarily at Boston University and usually with a featured
speaker. In 2010 we hosted the first-ever Disproof Atheism
Conference, an all-day academic conference focused on deductive
disproofs of God."

"The Ethical Society of Boston is a non-theistic humanistic religious and educational fellowship inspired by the ideal that the supreme aim of human life is working to create a more humane society. Together we develop our ethical ideals, celebrate life's joys, and support one another through life's crises. We work for the improvement of our world and for the future of our children. Membership is open to those who agree with our principles regardless of race, religion, or national origin"

"The freethought movement is characterized by those who encourage the development of opinions and ideas based on science, logic and reason and free from superstition, dogma or belief in the supernatural. We strive to exemplify this movement and to provide like-minded Tufts students a place to belong. In addition, through the use of campus activities and involvement with the campus government and administration we work to continually educate the campus community and enact freethought related changes at Tufts."

"We organize, facilitate, promote, and/or study a wide range of educational programs, social meetings, service projects, human rights work, counseling, ceremonies, and contemplative practices that contribute to the growth of diverse and interconnected groups of Humanists, atheists, agnostics and the nonreligious. We seek to build strategic partnerships with other Humanist and Freethought organizations and with our religious neighbors to advance the greater good of humanity."

"Built upon the foundation of the 35 year-old Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard (HCH), we are dedicated to serving the Harvard students, faculty, alumni, and surrounding community who gave us life, while expanding outward to help and work with freethinkers everywhere to build local communities that can be true homes for Humanism."

Though a similar group--Boston University Atheists and Secular Humanists--already existed, John McCargar and Tim Martinez (both CAS '11) founded this group in 2008. They wanted a group that would place a stronger emphasis on discussion and debate, and also on volunteer work.

Temple B'Nai Israel is a welcoming, egalitarian congregation located in the Beachmont neighborhood of Revere, Massachusetts.  Since being established in 1906 we have embraced Conservative Judaism.  Our Friday night Shabbat and all of our Holiday services,  led by Rabbi Mark Sokoll and assisted by our Cantor Lois Welber and Organist Ernest Rakhlin are always beautiful, spiritual and full of learning and joy.

Hillel is the nerve center of that Jewish community, and its mission is to promote individual student growth as well as enrich the life of the campus as a whole.

The Peace Abbey is dedicated to creating innovative models for society that empower individuals on the paths of nonviolence, peacemaking, and cruelty-free living. We offer a variety of programs and resources that teach, inspire and encourage one to speak out and act on issues of peace and social justice. Faith in action is the cornerstone of our fellowship and activist pacifism is our creed.

ACI-Cape Ann is dedicated to the serious study and personal practice of authentic teachings of Mahayana Buddhism in a western context and in ways that enhance and deepen intellectual, cultural, and spiritual understanding.