Category: Religion

South Wales may be the site of Britain’s first Christian church, established by St. Ilid who  in 37AD fled from the persecution […]

The Church in Wales (CiW) acquired its name in deference to The Welsh Church Act of 1914, which referred to the Welsh […]

When the Church of Scotland (CofS) was confirmed as that nation’s Established Church in the early 1700s, the other main branch of […]

Londoner John Nelson Darby (1800-82) decided he wanted a purer version of Protestantism than was being practised by the Established Church and […]

Jainism is one of those religions that, in their purest forms, do not fit in too well with Western society, yet it […]

Followers of Islam (Muslims), first arrived in the UK from the Indian sub-continent some 300 years ago. By 2011 there were 2.5 […]

By 2001 there had been four ‘Star Wars’ films made in the USA and a worldwide fanbase was well established. In the […]

The idea of Congregationalism is that Protestants do not need a hierarchy of clergy standing between them and God, merely a ‘priesthood […]

Humanism in the UK is a collection of atheistic ideas promoted by an organisation which began as the Union of Ethical Societies […]

In 1735, two young men from mid-Wales, Howell Harris (1714-73) and Daniel Rowland (1713-90) joined the Church of England to become clergymen. […]

The Church of Ireland covers both Ireland and Northern Ireland, since it was established long before the partition. It traces its roots […]