Category: Religion

Marcus Garvey (1887-1940) was a political activist who gave Afro-Jamaicans a prediction in 1920 ~  that a future king in Africa would […]

The 2,500-year-old practice of Buddhism first came to Britain from Asia in the late nineteenth century. The Buddhist Society of Great Britain […]

Wicca, also known as ‘The Craft (of the Wise)’, owes its modern surge in popularity to Lancashire-born Gerald Brosseau Gardner (1884-1964). He […]

More of a theological movement than a religion, Unitarianism began in eastern Europe after the Reformation. Its name comes from its assertion […]

The two Archbishops are the most senior members of the Church of England. Of the two, the Archbishop of Canterbury is held […]

St. Columba (521-97) was born into the Irish aristocracy and was educated at a Christian monastery, after which he became a monk […]

The term ‘Hinduism‘ covers a rich diversity of beliefs and practices. There are few rules and the sacred texts are open to […]

‘Pagan’ has in the past been used as a derogatory label for an uneducated, unrefined peasant, but since the 1960s it has […]

Presbyterianism is a system of church governance in which ‘presbyters’, or elders, represent the congregation in the ‘presbyteries’ which are a part […]

The Gideons were formed in the USA in 1899 by a group of travelling businessmen. They wanted to spread the Christian religion […]

The Spiritualists’ National Union, founded in 1853, is the organising body for the spiritualist churches or societies in the UK, serving up […]