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==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1often capitalized : a [[person]] who does not [[conform]] to an [[established]] church; especially : one who does not conform to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_England Church of England]

*1often capitalized : a [[person]] who does not [[conform]] to an [[established]] church; especially : one who does not conform to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_England Church of England]

*2: a [[person]] who does not [[conform]] to a generally [[accepted]] [[pattern]] of [[thought]] or [[action]].

*2: a [[person]] who does not [[conform]] to a generally [[accepted]] [[pattern]] of [[thought]] or [[action]].

==Description==

==Description==

'''Nonconformity''' (usually capitalized) is the refusal to "[[conform]]" to, or follow, the [[governance]] and usages of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_England Church of England] by the Protestant Christians of England and Wales.

'''Nonconformity''' (usually capitalized) is the refusal to "[[conform]]" to, or follow, the [[governance]] and usages of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_England Church of England] by the Protestant Christians of England and Wales.

==Origins and use==

==Origins and use==

In England, after the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_of_Uniformity_1662 Act of Uniformity 1662] a '''Nonconformist''' was an [[English]] subject belonging to a non-Christian religion or any non-Anglican church. A [[person]] who also advocated religious [[liberty]] may also be more narrowly considered as such. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Dissenters English Dissenters] (such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puritans Puritans] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presbyterians Presbyterians]) who violated the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_of_Uniformity_1559 Act of Uniformity 1559] may retrospectively be considered Nonconformists, typically by practising or advocating [[radical]], sometimes separatist, [[dissent]] with respect to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Established_Church Established Church].

In England, after the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_of_Uniformity_1662 Act of Uniformity 1662] a '''Nonconformist''' was an [[English]] subject belonging to a non-Christian religion or any non-Anglican church. A [[person]] who also advocated religious [[liberty]] may also be more narrowly considered as such. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Dissenters English Dissenters] (such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puritans Puritans] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presbyterians Presbyterians]) who violated the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_of_Uniformity_1559 Act of Uniformity 1559] may retrospectively be considered Nonconformists, typically by practising or advocating [[radical]], sometimes separatist, [[dissent]] with respect to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Established_Church Established Church].

Presbyterians, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congregational_church Congregationalists], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptists Baptists], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_Society_of_Friends Quakers] (founded in 1648), and those less organized were considered Nonconformists at the time of the 1662 Act of Uniformity. Later, as other groups formed, they were also considered Nonconformists. These included [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methodists Methodists], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitarianism Unitarians], and members of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvation_Army Salvation Army].

Presbyterians, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congregational_church Congregationalists], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptists Baptists], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_Society_of_Friends Quakers] (founded in 1648), and those less organized were considered Nonconformists at the time of the 1662 Act of Uniformity. Later, as other groups formed, they were also considered Nonconformists. These included [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methodists Methodists], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitarianism Unitarians], and members of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvation_Army Salvation Army].

The religious census of 1851 revealed that total Nonconformist attendance was very close to that of Anglicans.

The religious census of 1851 revealed that total Nonconformist attendance was very close to that of Anglicans.

==See also==

==See also==

*'''''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterculture Counterculture]'''''

*'''''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterculture Counterculture]'''''

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