New Religious Movements

  • Creation of Jediism

    In 2001 there was a worldwide email campaign telling people to write Jedi in as the religion they prescribe to in their country.
  • Temple of the Jedi origin

    In Texas in 2005 the Temple of the Jedi was officially registered as a religion
  • Jediism in the UK

    In 2007 Daniel Jones founded the Church of Jediism in the UK with his brother.
  • Free Church of Scotland concerns

    In 2013 the Free Church of Scotland was concerned that because of the Marriage and Civil Partnership bill that Jedis would be able to marry couples.
  • Jediism in Turkey

    In 2015 at Dokuz Eylul University in Turkey a petition was started to build a Jedi Temple on campus after a petition for a mosque to be build on campus was made.
  • Rejection of charitable organization

    In 2016 the Charity Commission of England and Wales rejected The Temple of the Jedi as a Charitable organization because it did not promote moral of ethical improvement.