Supermarket of False Religions

The Second Parliament of World Religion convened in the robust city of Chicago, Illinois, August 28-Sept. 5, 1993, the centennial year of the First Parliament of World Religions. The 1893 meeting of the World Parliament of Religions convened in Chicago at the same time as the Columbian Exposition (World’s Fair in Chicago). James Stephens, director of the Sonrise Center for Buddhist studies in Sierra Madre, California, stated that “the 1893 World Parliament of Religions in Chicago was the event...