Family Trees for World Religions

Each family tree diagrams the rich history of a major world religion. To view and interactively explore a diagram, click on a religion below.

• Buddhism: Japanese
• Buddhism: World Religion
• Christianity: World Religion
• Islam: World Religion
• Judaism: World Religion

Credits

The ARDA staff consulted more than a hundred different sources when constructing the family trees, but the primary source was J. Gordon Melton’s Encyclopedia of American Religions, Ninth Edition (Gale Cengage Learning). We thank Dr. George Hayward for his leadership and dedication in assembling the final database used to construct the trees.