| Description | A range of promotional and other documentary material which was collected by Vanley Burke as part of his interest in the role religion plays in people's lives, especially the black community. The series has therefore been arranged by religious groupings and then mainly by the type of material. The subseries reflect some of the religious practice in black and Asian communities, they are:
/1 'African faiths and Ancestral beliefs'
/2 'Buddhism'
/3 'Christianity', The main body of the material relates to the black led churches in Birmingham and specifically the United Church of God, Austin Road, Handsworth. This church was and is the church attended by Vanley Burke's mother and grandmother. Burke's family were also involved in the arrangement of funeral flowers and so the series includes orders of service from funerals. Due to the active involvement in the church of the Burke family the range of material from the churches and Christian groups includes marriage orders of service, national and regional convention programmes, and promotional material for events that were held in the churches, gospel concerts, and special services- for example the visit of Archbishop Desmond Tutu to Birmingham in 1988.
/4 'Hinduism'
/5 'Islam'
/6 'Multifaith', contains documentary material such as annual reports and calendars produced by organisations that aim to be inclusive of different faiths, such as 'All Faiths For One Race' (AFFOR).
/7 'Rastafarianism', this includes promotional material such as flyers and publications produced by various Rastafarian groups.
/8 'Sikhism'
/9 'Church of Scientology' |