Religion Category

The Quakers
The Quakers (or the ‘Religious Society of Friends’) were one of the breakaway religious groups which formed during…

Judaism
In Christian Britain the followers of the Jewish religion, or Judaism, have historically had a mixed welcome…

The Druids
The ancient Druids were priests and judges in Britain and Ireland in the centuries before Christianity was…

The Catholic church
In past centuries, the Catholic church played a large part in Britain’s politics, warfare, monarchy and everyday…

Welsh Chapels
‘Nonconformist’ religious movements are those which do not belong to the Established Church. In Wales, these include…

The Baptist Church
The Baptist Church was founded by two Englishmen in the early 1600s in London. It spread to…

Jehovah’s Witnesses
There are 135,000 Jehovah’s Witneses in the UK and most people will have encountered at least two…

The Church of England
The Church of England is the ‘Established’ church of England. This means that its head is the…

Lent
The observance of the 40 days of Lent in the Christian religions has waned considerably over the…

The Methodist Church
The Methodist Church in Britain evolved out of the discussions between a small group of Oxford University…

Witches
For centuries, Britain was a multi-faith zone, where pagans practised their nature-based healing and spirituality just as…

Religious freedom
Battles between different religions have played a huge part in UK political history. Thankfully, we have religious…