Editing World's Columbian Exposition (section)

=== Religions ===
The 1893 [[Parliament of the World's Religions]], which ran from September 11 to September 27, marked the first formal gathering of representatives of Eastern and Western spiritual traditions from around the world. According to [[Eric J. Sharpe]], [[Tomoko Masuzawa]], and others, the event was considered radical at the time, since it allowed non-Christian faiths to speak on their own behalf.<ref name="Masuzawa">{{cite book |first=Tomoko |last=Masuzawa |title=The Invention of World Religions |location=Chicago |publisher=[[University of Chicago Press]] |year=2005 |isbn=978-0-226-50989-1|pages=270–274}}</ref> For example, it is recognized as the first public mention of the [[Baháʼí Faith]] in North America;<ref name="Baháʼí-mentions">{{cite web | title = First Public Mentions of the Baháʼí Faith | publisher =Baháʼí Information Office of the UK | date =1998 | url =http://bahai-library.com/first_public_mentions_west | access-date = 25 September 2015}}</ref> it was not taken seriously by European scholars until the 1960s.<ref name="Masuzawa" />