The 2020 Conference on Religion and Art at Luther King House, Manchester has been postponed indefinitely. It is hoped to arrange another date in due course.

18/06/20: This has now been updated to version 6. Please take a look

RAG has now published new guidance on the care of the archives of religious communities, available to download here

This focuses on the historic records of Christian religious communities within the UK, though much of the advice will also be relevant to communities within other faiths. It is aimed at community members or staff without professional training who may be assigned responsibility for archives, and encourages good stewardship in preserving these historic records for the future

The Religious Archives Group (RAG) is a voluntary association, founded in 1989, for anybody interested in the collection, preservation and use of religious archives, and personal papers of religious leaders, in the UK. This includes archives created and used by private organisations and individuals and those in public repositories.

We support the archives of all faith communities, including those of secularist organizations. We cover all forms of record, including digital media, which are preserved in the UK and which concern religion or irreligion, even if they relate to foreign countries.

The group aims to advance education, research, scholarship and stewardship by working, separately and collectively with others, to promote awareness of religious archives and enhanced levels of access to them and of collection care.

We maintain a directory of religious archives in the UK and produce guidance on looking after archives. We also host an annual conference.

To find out how to become a member and join the RAG mailing list, visit Membership. For more information about how RAG works, visit About RAG.