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Other popular religions in Jamaica include Islam, Bahá'í Faith with perhaps 8000 Bahá'ís [12] and 21 Local Spiritual Assemblies, [13] Buddhism, Sikhism and Hinduism. [14] There is also a small population of around 200 Jews forming the Shaare Shalom Synagogue in Kingston , who describe themselves as Liberal-Conservative. [ 15 ]
The list of religious populations article provides a comprehensive overview of the distribution and size of religious groups around the world. This article aims to present statistical information on the number of adherents to various religions, including major faiths such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and others, as well as smaller religious communities.
Protestantism is the dominant religion in Jamaica. Protestants make up about 65% percent of the population. The five largest denominations in Jamaica are: The New Testament Church of God which is a part Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee), Seventh-day Adventist, [1] Baptist, Pentecostal and Anglican. [2] The full list is below. [2]
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In 1655, a Protestant English force captured Jamaica and Roman Catholicism was removed until 1837. Today Jamaica is organized as the Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica, which also includes Belize and the Cayman Islands. [5] Of the four suffragan dioceses, two, the dioceses of Mandeville and Montego Bay cover parts of Jamaica. [6] [7]
Hinduism is a minority religion in Jamaica, followed mainly by the Indo-Jamaicans. According to the 2011 census, Hinduism is followed by 0.07% of the population of Jamaica. [1] Sanatan Dharma Mandir in Kingston is the only government-recognised Hindu temple in the country. [2]
Jamaica's leading annual film event The Reggae Film Festival takes place each February in Jamaica's capital city, Kingston. Members of Jamaica's film industry gather here to make new links and many new projects have grown from the event. Jamaica has many talented film makers but there is a great lack of available funds and resources for filmmakers.
In the last few decades, the population of Hindus in Jamaica decreased steeply. In the 1970s, 5,000 identified themselves as Hindus. With there population further declining to 1,453, according to the 2001 census. Since then, the Hindu population of Jamaica has risen and it has become the second largest religion (after Christianity) in Jamaica.