New Religious Movements: Jediism

By Andrew-C

  • Start of Jediism

    Jediism most likely began to have traction when the Star Wars movies came out, but it is not said.
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    Jediism materializing

    Since Jediism wasn't very known publicly, this is likely when they were trying to get a following

  • Jediism attracts public attention

    2001 a number of people recorded their religion as "Jedi" on national censuses.

  • Jedi Order registration

    In 2005, the Temple of the Jedi Order was registered in Texas.

  • Jediism Article

    In May 2005 an article on the growth of Jedi religion by Catholic author, Jon M. Sweeney, was the most read article on the website Explorefaith.org that year.

  • The Church of Jediism

    In 2007, 23-year-old Daniel Jones founded The Church of Jediism with his brother Barney

  • Jediism on Campus

    In April 2015, the students of Dokuz Eylül University in Turkey started a petition on Change.org demanding a Jedi temple be built on the campus.

  • Jediism Taxes

    The Jedi temple in Texas was granted IRS tax exemption in 2015.