Divinity Atlas launches peer-reviewed encyclopedia to combat religious misinformation

Divinity Atlas, a free online encyclopedia of world religions, launched on Tuesday in Chicago, offering a new platform that lets users examine its own claims. The site is built as an interactive wiki, where each entry is written by scholars and reviewed by peers. It is available to anyone with internet access and costs nothing to use. The launch marks the first public release of the project’s beta version, which includes over 250 entries covering major faiths, sects, and spiritual movements.

The launch comes amid growing concerns about misinformation about religion online. The internet hosts a mix of scholarly articles, blogs, and fan pages, many of which are biased or incomplete. Divinity Atlas aims to fill that gap by providing peer‑reviewed content that cites primary sources and academic literature. It also incorporates a self‑critique mechanism that allows readers to challenge the accuracy of its statements, encouraging transparency and continuous improvement.

The project was created by a consortium of scholars from the University of Chicago, the University of Toronto, and the University of Nairobi, with