Trinidad and Tobago The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (pronounced /ˌtrɪnɪdæd ænd toʊˈbeɪgoʊ/ ) is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying northeast of the South American country of Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles. It shares maritime boundaries with other nations including Barbados to the northeast, Guyana to the is a multi-religious nation A nation is a group of people who share culture, ethnic origin and language, often possessing or seeking its own independent government. The development and conceptualization of a nation is closely related to the development of modern industrial states and nationalist movements in Europe in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, although. The largest religious groups are the Roman Catholics The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with more than a billion members. The Church's leader is the Pope who holds supreme authority in concert with the College of Bishops of which he is the head. A communion of the Western church and 22 autonomous Eastern Catholic churches (called and Hindus Hinduism is the predominant and indigenous religious tradition of the Indian subcontinent. Hinduism is often referred to as Sanātana Dharma by its adherents. Generic "types" of Hinduism that attempt to accommodate a variety of complex views span folk and Vedic Hinduism to bhakti tradition, as in Vaishnavism. Hinduism also includes yogic; the Anglicans The Anglican Communion is an international association of national and regional Anglican churches. There is no single "Anglican Church" with universal juridical authority as each national or regional church has full autonomy. As the name suggests, the Anglican Communion is an association of these churches in full communion with the, Muslims Islam (Arabic: الإسلام al-’islām, pronounced [ʔislæːm] [note 1]) is a strictly monotheistic religion articulated by the Qur’an, a text considered by its adherents to be the verbatim word of God (Arabic: الله, Allāh), and by the Prophet of Islam Muhammad's teachings and normative example (which is called the Sunnah in, Presbyterians Presbyterianism refers to many different Christian churches adhering to the Calvinist theological tradition within Protestantism, and organized according to a characteristic Presbyterian polity. Presbyterian theology typically emphasizes the sovereignty of God, the authority of the Scriptures, and the necessity of grace through faith in Christ, Methodist Methodism is a movement of Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations, claiming a total of approximately seventy million adherents worldwide. The movement traces its roots to John Wesley's evangelistic revival movement in the Anglican Communion. His younger brother Charles was instrumental in writing much of the are among the smaller faiths. Two Afro-Caribbean syncretic Syncretism is the attempt to reconcile disparate or contrary beliefs, often while melding practices of various schools of thought. The term means "combining," but see below for the origin of the word. Syncretism may involve attempts to merge and analogise several originally discrete traditions, especially in the theology and mythology of faiths, the Shouter The Spiritual Baptists faith is an Afro-Caribbean syncretic religion which combines elements of traditional West African religions with Christianity. The Spiritual Baptist faith originated in Trinidad & Tobago. Despite the African influences, Spiritual Baptists consider themselves to be Christians. The Baptist faith was brought to Trinidad by or Spiritual Baptists The Spiritual Baptists faith is an Afro-Caribbean syncretic religion which combines elements of traditional West African religions with Christianity. The Spiritual Baptist faith originated in Trinidad & Tobago. Despite the African influences, Spiritual Baptists consider themselves to be Christians. The Baptist faith was brought to Trinidad by and the Orisha An Orisha is a spirit or deity that reflects one of the manifestations of Olodumare (God) in the Yoruba spiritual or religious system. (Olodumare is also known by various other names including Olorun, Eledumare, Eleda and Olofin-Orun.) This religion has found its way throughout the world and is now expressed in several varieties which include faith (formerly called Shangos In Yorùbá religion, Sàngó is perhaps the most popular Orisha; he is a Sky Father, god of thunder and lightning. Sango was a royal ancestor of the Yoruba as he was the third king of the Oyo Kingdom. In the Lukumí (Olokun mi = "my dear one") religion of the Caribbean, Shango is considered the center point of the religion as he, a less than complimentary term) are among the fastest growing religious groups There are several different religions claiming to be the "fastest growing religion". Such claims vary due to different definitions of "fastest growing", and whether the claim is worldwide or regional. There are also many unreliable claims and rumors, especially for conversion rates, that often spread as urban legends. The fastest growing groups are a host of American-style evangelical Evangelicalism is a Protestant Christian theological stream which began in Great Britain in the 1730s. Its key theological beliefs are: and fundamentalist Fundamentalist Christianity, also known as Christian fundamentalism or fundamentalist evangelicalism, is a movement that arose mainly within British and American Protestantism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries among conservative evangelical Christians, who, in a reaction to liberal theology, actively asserted that the following ideas were churches usually lumped as "Pentecostal Pentecostalism is a renewal movement within Christianity that places special emphasis on a direct personal experience of God through the baptism in the Holy Spirit. The term Pentecostal is derived from Pentecost, a Greek term describing the Jewish Feast of Weeks. For Christians, this event commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the" by most Trinidadians (although this designation is often inaccurate). The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has also expanded its presence in the country since the mid-1980s.
Census data from 1990 states that 29.4% of the population was Roman Catholic, 23.8% Hindu, 10.9% Anglican, 5.8% Muslim, 3.4% Presbyterianism and 26.7% other.
According to Census (2000), 26% of the population was Roman Catholic, 24.6% Protestant (including 7.8% Anglican, 6.8% Pentecostal, 4% Seventh-day Adventist, 3.3% Presbyterian or Congregational, 1.8% Baptist, and 0.9% Methodist), 22.5% Hindu, and 5.8% Muslim. A small number of individuals subscribed to traditional Caribbean religions with African roots, such as the Spiritual Baptists (sometimes called Shouter Baptists), 5.4 percent; and the Orisha, 0.1 percent. The smaller groups were Jehovah's Witnesses (1.6 percent), atheists (1.9 percent), or those listed as "other," which included numerous small Christian groups as well as Baha’is, Rastafarians, Buddhists, and Jews (10.7 percent), or undeclared (1.4 percent).
Comparing the two sets of data, and examining previous sets of data, shows that Roman Catholicism, Hinduism and other traditional religions are declining, with the main conversions being to the Born-again and other Protestant churches. It must also be considered that the newest data is six years old, and changes will have undoubtedly occurred. The Sunday Guardian's headline on Easter Sunday 2008 was "Catholic Church in Crisis", and it focused on the dramatic decline in numbers of practising Catholics and priests-in-training.
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Christian A Christian (pronounced /ˈkrɪstʃən/ ) is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, who Christians believe is the Messiah (the Christ in Greek-derived terminology) prophesied in the Hebrew Bible, and the son of God. Most Christians believe in the doctrine of denominations
Main article: Christianity in Trinidad and Tobago Coat of arms of the Anglican diocese of Trinidad.- Roman Catholic Church (see Roman Catholicism in Trinidad and Tobago)
- Anglican Church of Trinidad and Tobago
- Presbyterian Church of Trinidad and Tobago
- Methodist Church of Trinidad and Tobago
- New Testament Church of God.
- Church of God of Prophecy
- Open Bible Standard Churches
- Pentecostal Assemblies of the West Indies
- South Caribbean Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Christian denomination which is distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the original seventh day of the Judeo-Christian week, as the Sabbath, and by its emphasis on the imminent second coming of Jesus Christ. It is the twelfth-largest religious body in the world. The denomination grew out of the Millerite
- Moravian Church The Moravian Church or Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine is an evangelical Protestant denomination. Its religious heritage began in 1457 in Kunvald, Bohemia . Its official name is Unitas Fratrum meaning Unity of the Brethren (not to be confused with the small Unity of the Brethren church based in Texas). It is also occasionally referred to as the Bohemian of Trinidad and Tobago
- Church of the Nazarene
- Church of God Church of God is a name used by numerous, mostly unrelated Christian denominational bodies, most of which descend from either Pentecostal/Holiness or Adventist traditions
- Ethiopian Orthodox Church The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church is the predominant Oriental Orthodox Christian church in Ethiopia. The Ethiopian Church was administratively part of the Coptic Orthodox Church until 1959, when it was granted its own Patriarch by Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of All Africa, Cyril VI. It should not be confused with the
- Stewards Christian Bretheren
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons)
- Association of Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses is a restorationist, millenarian Christian denomination. The religion reports worldwide membership of over 7 million adherents involved in evangelism; they report convention attendance of over 12 million, and annual Memorial attendance of over 18 million. They are directed by a Governing Body of elders which exercises authority
Afro-Caribbean syncretic Syncretism is the attempt to reconcile disparate or contrary beliefs, often while melding practices of various schools of thought. The term means "combining," but see below for the origin of the word. Syncretism may involve attempts to merge and analogise several originally discrete traditions, especially in the theology and mythology of groups
- Spiritual Baptist The Spiritual Baptists faith is an Afro-Caribbean syncretic religion which combines elements of traditional West African religions with Christianity. The Spiritual Baptist faith originated in Trinidad & Tobago. Despite the African influences, Spiritual Baptists consider themselves to be Christians. The Baptist faith was brought to Trinidad by
- Independent Baptist
- National Evangelical Spiritual Baptist
- West Indies Spiritual Sacred Order
- Baptist (Orthodox)
- Orisha
- Rastafari movement The Rastafari movement is a monotheistic, Abrahamic, new religious movement that arose in a Christian culture in Jamaica in the 1930s. Its adherents, who worship Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia, former Emperor of Ethiopia , as the Second Advent, are known as Rastafarians, or Rastas. The movement is sometimes referred to as "Rastafarianism",
Hindu A Hindu ( pronunciation , Devanagari: हिन्दु) is an adherent of Hinduism, a set of religious, philosophical and cultural systems that originated in the Indian subcontinent. The vast body of Hindu scriptures, divided into Śruti ("revealed") and Smriti ("remembered"), lay the foundation of Hindu beliefs, which groups
- See also: Hinduism in the West Indies
- Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha
- Vishwa Hindu Parishad
- Kabir Panth Association
- Arya Pratinidhi Sabha
- Shiva Dharma Sabha
- Divine Life Society The Divine Life Society is a religious organization and an ashram, founded by Swami Sivananda Saraswati in 1936, at Muni Ki Reti, Rishikesh, India. Today it has branches spread across many parts of the world as well as India, also several of Swami Sivananda's disciples went on to open several independent organizations in Mauritius, US, Australia,
- International Society for Krishna Consciousness The International Society for Krishna Consciousness , also known as the Hare Krishna movement, is one of the Hindu Vaishnava religious organizations. It was founded in 1966 in New York City by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Its core beliefs are based on traditional Hindu scriptures such as the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam and the Bhagavad-gītā,
- SWAHA
- Hindu Festivals Society of Trinidad and Tobago
Muslim A Muslim or Moslem is an adherent of the religion of Islam. Literally, the word means "one who submits (to God)". Muslim is the participle of the same verb of which Islam is the infinitive. All Muslims observe Sunnah, but differences in the definition of what is and what is not Sunnah has led to the emergence of sectarian movements.[ groups
Main article: Islam in Trinidad and Tobago Masjid in Montrose, Chaguanas.- Anjuman Sunnat-ul-Jamaat Association
- Tackveeyatul Islamic Association
- Trinidad Muslim League
- United Islamic Organisation of Trinidad and Tobago
- Jamaat al Muslimeen
- TriniMuslims - Gathering of Ahlus_Sunnah_wal-Jamaa'h (Sunni Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam, also referred to as Ahla Sunnah tul-Jamā‘ah or Ahla Sunnah (Arabic: أهل السنة) for short. Sunni Islam is also referred to as Orthodox Islam. The word "Sunni" comes from the term Sunnah (Arabic: سنة), which refers to the words and actions or example of the Islamic prophet / Salafi Salafi is a word denoting one who ascribes her/himself to the Salaf of Islam, based on its meaning in the Arabic language. Amongst contemporary historians, it denotes a follower of a Sunni Islamic movement that takes the pious predecessors, the Salaf of the patristic period of early Islam, as exemplary models. The word Salaf is an Arabic noun) Muslims
- see also Islam in Trinidad and Tobago
The Government of Trinidad and Tobago provides substantial subventions to religious groups. In 2003 [1] the government provided TT$ The dollar is the currency of Trinidad and Tobago. It is normally abbreviated with the dollar sign $, or alternatively TT$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies. It is subdivided into 100 cents. Its predecessor currencies are the Trinidadian dollar and the Tobagan dollar 420,750 to religious groups.
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Q. And more countries of origin for immigrants? I can only get Languages and the top countries of origin of immagrants. New York City 2005 estimates The ten largest countries of origin for immigration are the Dominican Republic, China, Jamaica, Guyana, Mexico, Ecuador, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, Colombia, and Russia. About 170 languages are spoken in the city. Christian (60.6%), No Religion (16.6%), Jewish (18.3%), and Other (4.4%), London 2001 census 300 languages spoken and the ten largest countries of origin for modern immigration are the India, R.Ireland, Bangladesh, Jamaica, Nigeria, Pakistan, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Ghana and Cyprus. Christian (58.2%), No Religion (15.8%), Muslim (8.5%), Hindu (4.1%), Jewish (2.1%), Sikh (1.5%) and Other ( [cont.]
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A. I can't remember where i read this, but i heard that London is the most diverse city in the world. I think that there *are * more non Whites in New York than there are in London, but in general i'd say that London is more diverse. Remember we have lots of continental Europeans as well (there is the largest Portuguese population outside of Portugal for example) and the African people who are living in London don't only come from the countries in the ten largest countries of origin list. There are lots from Somalia, The Congo etc. Plus we have Afghans, Iraqis, Iranians, South Africans, Turkish, etc. London has always been diverse though. Black people have been living in London since the Roman times. A lot of people tend to forget that. I… [cont.]
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