Editing Isle of Lewis (section)

== Religion ==
[[File:St Columbas Church, Aiginis, Isle of Lewis.jpg|thumb|right|St Columba's Church, [[Aignish]], Isle of Lewis]]
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Religion is important in Lewis, with much of the population belonging to the [[Free Church of Scotland (post-1900)|Free Church]] or the [[Church of Scotland]] (both [[Presbyterian]] in tradition). The [[Sabbath in Christianity|Sabbath]] is generally observed, with most shops and licensed premises closed on that day, although there has been a scheduled air service to mainland Scotland as well as a scheduled ferry service since 19 July 2009.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/8149363.stm|title=BBC Scotland News | date=14 July 2009 | access-date=5 January 2010 | work=BBC News}}</ref>

While Presbyterianism dominates Lewis, other denominations and other religions have a presence, with a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] church, a [[Scottish Episcopal Church]] (part of the [[Anglican Communion]]); there is also a Catholic priest of the [[Anglican Ordinariate]] in [[Stornoway]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ordinariate.scot/stornoway.php|title=Stornoway - Ordinariate Scotland|website=www.ordinariate.scot|access-date=10 January 2020|archive-date=10 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200110234348/https://www.ordinariate.scot/stornoway.php}}</ref> a [[Salvation Army]] corps, a Pentecostal church (New Wine Church), a [[Plymouth Brethren]] church, a [[Baptist]] church, a [[meetinghouse]] of the [[LDS Church]] and a [[Jehovah's Witness]] [[Kingdom Hall]] all present in Stornoway.{{citation needed|date=July 2014}} The island's first [[mosque]] opened in Stornoway in May 2018.<ref>[https://www.economist.com/britain/2018/05/19/britains-rural-muslims-are-a-minority-within-a-minority Britain's rural Muslims are a minority within a minority] ''[[The Economist]]'', 17 May 2018</ref>

Some churches in Lewis practise [[precenting the line]], a distinctive, [[heterophonic]] style of congregational [[Gaelic psalm singing|psalm singing in Scottish Gaelic]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Meek|first1=Noel|title=Noel Meek explores the sights and sounds of Scottish Gaelic psalm singing|magazine=[[The Wire (magazine)|The Wire]]|date=November 2016|url=https://www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/the-portal/noel-meek-explores-the-sights-and-sounds-of-gaelic-psalm-singing|access-date=21 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Gaelic Psalm: The congregation of Back Free Church, Isle of Lewis|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03t1dmf|website=BBC|access-date=21 September 2017|date=6 May 2016}}</ref>