Religion
According to the 2001 census 21,823 people were counted, of whom 60.77% gave their religion as Christian, 17.06% as No religion, 8.09% religion not stated, 6.57% Muslim, 3.52% Jewish, 2.83% Sikh, 0.72% Hindu, 0.20% Buddhist, 0.23% Others.
The Rev. Thomas Davis, Church of England hymn-writer, was Vicar of Roundhay in the mid 19th century.
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St Edmund's Parish Church, junction of Lidgett Park Road and North Park Avenue, Anglican
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St Andrew's Church, Devonshire Avenue, United Reformed
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Sinai Synagogue, Roman Avenue
- All Nations Community Church
- St. Johns CE Church (Closed June 2008)
- St. Edmunds CE Church
- Roundhay Methodist Church
- Lidgett Park Methodist Church
- St. Andrew's URC Church
- Roundhay Evangelical Church
- Society of Friends (Quakers)
- Sinai Synagogue
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Famous quotes containing the word religion:
“A man has no religion who has not slowly and painfully gathered one together, adding to it, shaping it; and one’s religion is never complete and final, it seems, but must always be undergoing modification.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)
“India has 2,000,000 gods, and worships them all. In religion other countries are paupers; India is the only millionaire.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)
“Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.”
—Ronald Reagan (b. 1911)