Abstract
This article examines the dramatic changes brought to English townscapes by Islam, Hinduism, and Sikhism. These “new” religions have arrived with the large‐scale immigration and subsequent natural growth of the minority ethnic populations of Great Britain since the 1950s. The article traces the growth and distribution of these populations and religions, as well as the development of their places of worship from front‐room prayer rooms to cathedral‐scale buildings. It explores the way in which the British planning process, dedicated to preserving the traditional, has engaged with the exotic.
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Notes on contributors
Ceri Peach
Dr. Peach is a professor of social geography at the University of Oxford, Oxford ox1 3TB, England,
Richard Gale
Dr. Gale is a research fellow.