Westar Institute — home of the Jesus Seminar — is dedicated to fostering and communicating the results of cutting-edge scholarship on the history and evolution of the Christian tradition, thereby raising the level of public discourse about questions that matter in society and culture.
Bridging the gap between scholarship of religion and popular culture.
- Westar conducts collaborative, cumulative research seminars with scholars in the academic field of religion.
- Westar communicates the results of its research in non-technical terms to equip the general public with critical thinking skills.