| Religion | Percent | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Methodism | 33.2% | 27,271,144 |
| Roman Catholicism | 20.5% | 16,839,110 |
| Anglicanism | 12.7% | 10,432,034 |
| Calvinism | 7.4% | 6,078,508 |
| Ancient Anglicanism | 5.1% | 4,189,242 |
| Lutheranism | 3.6% | 2,957,112 |
| Judaism | 3.2% | 2,628,544 |
| Islam | 2.3% | 1,889,266 |
| Hinduism | 1.5% | 1,232,130 |
| Unitarianism | 1.1% | 903,562 |
| Other | 2.1% | 1,724,982 |
| None | 5.9% | 4,846,378 |
| Unaffiliated | 1.4% | 1,149,988 |
| Total | 100% | 82,142,000 |
Anglicanism
-consisting of the United Church of England and Ireland, and the Scottish Episcopal Church
-now independent from the state
-after Heads of British Isles > 1846-1857 Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald (Radical)
-considerably more low church than OTL
-because Tractarianism saw way less steam here
-and high churchism associated with Tories, many of which evacuated the official Church
Roman Catholicism
-chiefly Irish
-due to the Roman-Independent Schism it takes longer for it to reestablish its episcopacy
-established in 1870s and it reestablishes existing bishop titles rather than treating it as "discovered country"
Scottish Presbyterianism
-officially Church of Scotland
-now independent from the state
Irish Presbyterianism
-rather more liberal than in OTL historically
-legacy of Great Irish Rebellion putting the divide between Anglicans and Dissenters to the surface
-here it's Henry Montgomery, rather than Cooke, who's the defining figure of the movement
-it supported Daniel O'Connell due to an alliance
Methodism
-division into Calvinists and Arminians
-with more Calvinism in Wales than in England
-many churches such as the Wesleyan Methodist Church and the Calvinist Methodist Church in Wales
-very very influential denomination
-as practical leader of Nonconformism
-strong tradition of revivalism
-and deeply tied to Radical Party
-makes up majorities in Wales, North England, and Southwest England
-particularly in industrial cities
-also there is Primitive Methodism
-splinter of Methodism that harkens back to tradition
Ancient Anglicanism
-officially the United Ancient Church of the British Isles
-merger of the
-Nonjuring Anglican movement, which considered to recognize the Guelphs as leaders of the Church and was very high church
-but splintered with rise of highly unpopular Ernest to Guelph claim
-Independent Catholic Church, which broke over papal infallibility
-included mostly oldline recusants and some converts who broke, because Irish did not break
-Edward Acton, an oldline English Catholic, is one of the world's leading Independent Catholic intellectuals
-very much connected to Independent Catholic movement but somewhat independent-minded in itself
Lutheranism
-oldline Nonjurors continue to swear loyalty to the Guelph pretender
-sometimes, but not always, believing the Guelphs to only be Supreme Governors of the Church
-who have also gotten Lutheran-tinted thanks to German influence
-and today make up most high church section of British Lutheranism
-also deeply influenced by High Churchism of Hanoverian Church which it is deeply influenced by
-German immigration in the nineteenth century happened
-and a lot of them are Lutherans
-they create their own churches as a result
-with the French Wars > Fourth French War (1880-4) rising specter emerges of a Habsburg-led universal monarchy
-due to sheer size of it
-sees a lot of Nonjurors uncomfortable too
-with British intervention in French Wars > Fifth French War (1892-5) nationalist wave sees Nonjurors formally abandon any sense of loyalty to overseas
-likewise with Lutherans
-those who do not get detained to sneers from flock against this "treason"
-in 1894 sees formation of the United Lutheran Episcopalian Church of the British Isles
-episcopalian and continuing leadership of bishops, albeit elected ones
-some other Lutheran denominations sign on to this
Unitarianism
-arose to the surface in wake of British Wars > Popular Revolution (1827-9)
-which is when it got officially legalized
-becomes quite influential as it rises to the surface
-however, it has considerably more elite membership than outside it
Judaism
-more than OTL due to more Jews being alive and able to emigrate and US somewhat less attractive
-2 million maybe