Religion Category
Brethren
Londoner John Nelson Darby (1800-82) decided he wanted a purer version of Protestantism than was being practised…
Jainism
Jainism is one of those religions that, in their purest forms, do not fit in too well…
Islam
Followers of Islam (Muslims), first arrived in the UK from the Indian sub-continent some 300 years ago.…
Jediism
By 2001 there had been four ‘Star Wars’ films made in the USA and a worldwide fanbase…
Congregationalism
The idea of Congregationalism is that Protestants do not need a hierarchy of clergy standing between them…
Humanism
Humanism in the UK is a collection of atheistic ideas promoted by an organisation which began as…
Calvinistic Methodists
In 1735, two young men from mid-Wales, Howell Harris (1714-73) and Daniel Rowland (1713-90) joined the Church…
The Church of Ireland
The Church of Ireland covers both Ireland and Northern Ireland, since it was established long before the…
Rastafari
Marcus Garvey (1887-1940) was a political activist who gave Afro-Jamaicans a prediction in 1920 ~ that a…
Buddhism
The 2,500-year-old practice of Buddhism first came to Britain from Asia in the late nineteenth century. The…
Wicca
Wicca, also known as ‘The Craft (of the Wise)’, owes its modern surge in popularity to Lancashire-born…
Unitarianism
More of a theological movement than a religion, Unitarianism began in eastern Europe after the Reformation. Its…