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RELIGION IN THE UKA multi-faith society
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MULTIFAITH BRITAIN
• Britain in the 21st century is a multicultural and multi-faith
society
• People in the UK are free to choose and follow their own
religious beliefs.
• Eeryone has the right to religious freedom
• !he United Kingdom was created as an Anglican "hristian
country and Anglican churches remain the largest faith group in
each country of the UK.
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• Protestants ma#e up the ma$ority of the population% although
there are also many "atholics.
•"hristians constitute about &1' of the population% but Britain isa multi-faith society and all other religions% including(
Buddhism% )induism% *udaism% +slam and ,i#hism are freely
practised.
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The Reformation
• Before the reign of King
)enry +++% Britain was
once a oman "atholic
country guided inreligious matters by the
atican in ome.
• )enry was desperate for
a male heir% and up until
then his first wife had
only borne daughters.
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The development of the Anglicn !h"#ch
• +n 1/00 when the atican refused to
grant him permission to diorce his
first wife he founded the Anglican
"hurch
• part of a worldwide community ofAnglican "hurches
• +n 1/0% as the conflicts between
"hurch and ,tate culminated% )enry
+++ issued the Act of Supremacy.
• the Church of England became theestablished church
• )enry +++ was declared as the
Supreme Head of the Church of
England
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• "atholicism had a short
resurgence during the reign of
ueen 3ary 41//05% but theAnglican "hurch was
reinstated by ueen Eli6abeth
in 1//7 and has been the
official religion eer since.
• ,he altered the title to
“Supreme Governor” by
• 8orm of worship set out in the
oo! of Common "rayer
41/95
• !oday% eery soereign must
swear to uphold and protect
the Anglican faith and is
e:pected to marry a protestant.
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He# M$e%t& Queen Elizabeth II
• !oday the ueen is not only the
Head of State# but also an
important symbol of national
unity.
• )er full title% by irtue of theoyal !itles Act of 19/0% is;
$Eli%abeth the Second# by the
Grace of God of the &nited
'ingdom of Great ritain and
(orthern )reland and of Herother Realms and Territories
*ueen# Head of the
Common+ealth# ,efender of
the -aith
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the 3onarch = the
Supreme Governor = must
be a member of the church
the monarch appointsarchbishops% bishops%
deacons of cathedrals on
adice of the ".
the "lergy of the Churchof England% the established
church% sit in the House of
/ords
• ,upreme >oernor of the
"hurch of England
• !he 8lag of England and
the "hurch of England
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the Church of England has 2 provinces:
Canterbury York
(3 dioceses! ("# dioceses!
• The Archbishop of Canterbury
0ustin 1elby is the most senior
bishop of the worldwide Anglican"ommunion - a first among e?uals
4@primus inter pares5 amongst
fellow bishops.
• 0ohn Tuc!er .ugabi Sentamu
is the Archbishop of 2or! %
3etropolitan of the proince ofor# and Primate of England. !he
position of Archbishop of or# is
the second most senior clerical
position in the "hurch of England
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Fo"# di%tinct Anglicn !h"#che% in the UK'
"$%he Church of England
2$%he Church of &ales
3$%he Episcopal Church in 'cotland ( the
ch"#ch of )cotlnd ( the ntionl ch"#ch
#$%he Church of Ireland *l%o ope#te% in
the I#i%h Rep"+lic,
- ech i% gove#ned %ep#tel& +& it% o.n
in%tit"tion%
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The Church of Ireland nd the Church
in &ales %ep#ted f#om the !h"#ch ofEnglnd in /012 nd /234 #e%pectivel&
nd #e "tonomo"% ch"#che% in the
Anglicn !omm"nion5)cotlnd6% ntionl ch"#ch7 the Church of
'cotland7 i% 8#e%+&te#in +"t the
'cottish Episcopal Church i% in the
Anglicn !omm"nion9
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-ree Churches3
8#ote%tnt ch"#che% in the UK .hich #enot e%t+li%hed ch"#che% li:e the !h"#chof Englnd nd the !h"#ch of )cotlnd
hve e;i%ted %ince the Refo#mtionMem+e#% :no.n % dissenters < non-
confo#mi%t%
v#& g#etl& in doct#ine7 .o#%hip7 ch"#chgove#nment
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1hich religions are represented in ritain4
eve#&one in B#itin h% #ight to #eligio"%f#eedom
B#itin i% p#edominntl& Christian
T.o ch"#che% hve %pecil %tt"% .ith#eg#d to the %tte'
Englnd' the nglican Church ofEngland ( the officil
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C*+I'%I,
• !he official churches in the UK are;
- the Anglican church in England
- and the "resbyterian church in ,cotland
• !hese are both Protestant churches.• About 20' of Britain follow no particular religion.
• Chile information suggests that oer &/ percent of UK citi6ens
consider themseles to belong to a religion
• 8ewer than 1 in 1D people in the UK attend church regularly.• !he aerage wee#ly church attendance for the "hurch of
England is about 1.0 million.
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)nfluence of Christianity is +idespread3
p#&e#% nd .o#%hip
#chitect"#l lnd%cpe ( ch"#che% nd
cthed#l%
vol"nt#& .o#: nd %ocil %e#vice% (
%chool% nd ho%pitl%
p"+lic holid&% ( !h#i%tm% nd E%te#
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Religious education
England and &ales:
ll %tte %chool% m"%t p#ovide #eligio"%ed"ction
%&ll+"%e% m"%t #eflect !h#i%tinit& nd t:einto cco"nt the teching nd p#ctice ofothe# p#incipl #eligion% #ep#e%ented in the UK
%tte %chool% m"%t p#ovide dil& ct ofcollective .o#%hip
p#ent% m& .ithd#. child#en f#om #eligio"%ed"ction
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Scotland
#eligio"% ed"ction in %chool%#eg"l# oppo#t"nitie% fo# #eligio"%
o+%e#vnce
+#od-+%ed c"##ic"l"m *!h#i%tinit& ndothe# #eligion%,
develop thei# o.n +elief%7 ttit"de% nd
mo#l vl"e% nd p#ctice%
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(orthern )reland3
co#e %&ll+"% %"gge%ted +& min
ch"#che%
integ#ted ed"ction enco"#ged
ll %chool% open to ll #eligion%
ho.eve#7 !tholic child#en mo%tl& ttend
!tholic mintined %chool%9
8#ote%tnt child#en non-denomintionl
vol"nt#& g#mm# %chool% < cont#olled
%chool% < non-denomintionl %tte
%chool%
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,chools maintain a particular religious tradition;3ost religious schools are Anglican and oman "atholic
2 3uslim state primary schools= Birmingham Fondon2 ,i#h schools,eenth-day Adentist schools/ *ewish primary
>ree# Grthodo: "hurch)indu
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'o-e are active -e-bers of religions
others involve the-selves in for-al religious cere-onies
only at ti-es of crisis or significant events birth
-arriage death
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.a5or -ree Churches3
hve mini%te#% of +oth %e;e%Methodi%t *l#ge%t,Bpti%t8#e%+&te#inUnited Refo#med )lvtion A#m& *the
l#ge%t p#ovide# of %ocil %e#vice% fte# the
gove#nment5 %t#ong m"%icl t#dition,
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,imilarities;• inoled in oluntary
wor#
• show concern for the less
priileged
Hifferences;• tradition
• organi6ation
• language
• ethnicity
• community si6e figures• actie memberships
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A% .ell % the officil ch"#che% the#e #e l%o mn&
independent 8#ote%tnt ch"#che%7 incl"ding the follo.ing'
• 3ethodist "hurch 4about 00D%DDD adult full members5
• Baptist "hurch 4about 1D%DDD members5
•United eformed "hurch 4about 9D%DDD members5
• ,alation Army 4about /D%DDD members5
• ua#ers5 4about 1I%DDD members5
• Presbyterian "hurch in +reland 4about 0DD%DDD in Jorthern
+reland5• Presbyterian 4or "alinistic 3ethodist5 "hurch of Cales
Pentecostalist churches.
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The Romn !tholic !h"#ch
• !he oman "atholic "hurch is the official church in the
epublic of +reland 4Eire5.
• !here are about DD%DDD "atholics in Jorthern +reland 4about
the same as the number of Protestants5.
• !here are "atholic churches throughout Britain% but there are
many more Protestants than "atholics here.
• "atholic church in England Cales; 4about 1 million
members5.
• "atholic church in ,cotland; 4about 2DD%DDD members5.
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• !here are arious types of European churches% the largest of
which is the >ree# Grthodo: "hurch
• 8or e:amples of "hristian groups% see the websites of;
• 8riends +nternational
• 3ethodist +nternational ,tudent Cor#
• ,GGJ 4a member of the UK Eangelical Alliance5
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+eligious organizations and groups:
cond"ct thei# #ite% nd ce#emonie%
p#omote thei# +elief% .ithin the limit% of
the l.
o.n p#ope#t&
#"n %chool%
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MU)LIM
• !here are about 1./ million 3uslims in
the UK.
• !here are oer IDD mos?ues in the UK.
• !he most well-#nown is the Fondon
"entral +slamic "entre and 3os?ue 4also
#nown as egentLs Par# 3os?ue• +t has a good information centre% and a lot
of the 3uslim community in Fondon
gather together here% especially on
8ridays.
• !he
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)IKH
• !here are oer DD%DDD ,i#hs in the
UK.
• !here are oer 2DD gurdwaras in the
UK.• !he largest centre of the Pun$abi
community is in ,outhall%
3iddlese:.
• !he largest gurdwara outside +ndia4,ri >uru ,ingh ,abha >urdwara
was opened on 0Dth 3arch 2DD0 in
)aeloc# oad% ,outhall% 3iddlese:
4west of Fondon% $ust west of Ealing(
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=E>I)H
• !here are nearly 0DD%DDD *ews in the
UK.
• !here are about 0I/ synagogues in
the UK% which are represented by the
Board of Heputies of British *ews
• !he *ewish 3useum in Fondon
allows you to find out about the
history and religious life of the
*ewish community in Britain and
elsewhere
• 0udaism is one of the oldest
monotheistic religions and
+as founded over 6788 years
ago in the .iddle East9
• 0e+s believe that God
appointed the 0e+s to be hischosen people in order to set
an e:ample of holiness and
ethical behaviour to the
+orld9
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BU??HI)T
• !here are about /D%DDD
actie Buddhists in the UK.• Buddhism is a spiritual
tradition that focuses on
personal spiritual
deelopment and the
attainment of a deep insight
into the true nature of life.
!here are 0&I million
followers worldwide.
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HIN?U
• !here are oer /DD%DDD )indus in
the UK.
• !he ,hri ,waminarayan 3andir
and )aeli is located at; 1D/-119Brentfield oad% Jeasden
• !his large and beautifully
decorated building is the first
traditional )indu mandir to hae
been built in Europe.• As well as the temple and prayer
hall% there is a museum of
)induism 4the museum has an
entrance charge5.
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• ueen Eli6abeth has
deliered her annual
"hristmas 3essage to the
"ommonwealth and theCorld since 19/0
• /.7• https;
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!HRI)TMA) FOO? @ ?RINK
• +n Britain% a traditional
"hristmas ca#e is a rich fruit
ca#e topped with mar6ipan
and coered with white icing
sugar.
• !his is eaten at tea-time 4in
the late afternoon5 on any
day shortly before or after
"hristmas.
• .ince pies"hristmas ca#e
3ulled wine
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A t&picl !h#i%tm% mel
•oast tur#ey is the mostcommon meat% but other
birds such as chic#en or
goose are alternaties.
• ,tuffing% roast potatoes%
Brussels sprouts or other
egetables and gray are
eaten with the meat. • • Christmas pudding
"aring the tur#ey
!HRI)TMA)
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!HRI)TMA)
!RA!KER)
• +t is common to pull a
"hristmas crac#er before
starting a "hristmas meal.
• ou as# a person ne:t to youto pull one end% while you
pull the other.
• !he person who ends up
holding the middle part winsthe toy or other small gift
which is inside.
• !here is a paper hat to wear
during the meal 4if you want5.
A "hristmas crac#er
Pulling a crac#er
Paper hats
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!HRI)TMA) 8RE)ENT)
• As all British children #now% if they
hae been good then 8ather
"hristmas will come to their house
during the night of "hristmas Ee
and will bring presents for them.
• "hildren sometimes write a letter to
8ather "hristmas 4sometimes called
,anta "laus% or $ust ,anta5% helped
by their parents% as#ing for the
things they would li#e to get.
• "hildren hang a long soc# or
stoc#ing outside their bedrooms%
and when they wa#e up they
usually find that ,anta has filled it
with small presents.
8ather "hristmas and his little helpers
come and put presents in stoc#ings
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!h#i%tm% p#e%ent%
• "hristmas presents should normally be
opened on "hristmas Hay - they are often
#ept underneath the "hristmas tree until thistime 4to aoid confusion they should be
mar#ed with the names of the gier and
receier5.
• !he time for opening presents is not fi:ed%
but most families choose to do this in the late
morning or after lunch.
• Presents are ta#en from under the tree%handed out to the right people and then
opened.
• ou should than# the person who gae you a
present if heshe is there - if not% you should
send a than# you letter soon afterwards.
• "resents are put under the
tree 999
.. handed out and opened
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GAME)
• After the "hristmas meal% it is
common for people to go for a
wal# together or to play games.• "harades is a game in which
people try to act out the name of a
famous film% boo# or person%
without spea#ing.
• >ames such as 3onopoly%,crabble% Pictionary% sna#es and
ladders or card games can also be
a good way of spending time
together.
"harades
Board games
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T.elfth Night
• *anuary Ith is #nown as
Epiphany% and celebrates the
night when the !hree Cise 3en
isited the baby *esus "hrist .
• +t is popularly #nown as !welfth
Jight% because this day is twele
days after "hristmas Hay.• "hristmas lights and decorations
should be ta#en down on this
day. 8or details of some eents
celebrating !welfth Jight% see;