Africa and Christianity?
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Africa was not merely ruled by European authroity.\n\nEuropean authority 'invaded' africa and offered the africans education, health and food facilities in exchange for african resources (oil, cocoa, gold) and religion.\n\nEuropean religion was more or less forced on the africans to gain control over them.\n\nSlaves who were taken out of africa had their indigenous tradutional religions taken from and many were baptised  into the european religion (christianity) forcibly.\n\nOf course, when these africans and slaves were made to go the churches, instead of seeing the christian saints and gods, they saw their own traditional gods.  This is how voodoun evolved and grew.  Even now voodoun devotees will pray to christian saints along with their own voodoun gods.\n\n\nYes, a lot of africans got converted and became deeply religious.  But we now have a lot of africans (and even non-africans) returning back to the old religions of africa - ifa, orisha, voodoun, candomble and others
1018792
Never heard anything like that. Cain killed his brother Abel in the book of Genesis but there weren't 12 brothers and there is nothing about him being turned black. the decendants of Africa come later in the book from Ham the son of Noah. Ham checks out Noah while he's naked and Noah curses his descendents. the Bible doesn't say anything about being black and I've never heard of any organized crusades against Christians by Muslims. It is believed that many Africans were believers in Christ and that the Ark of the Covenant will resides in east Africa. (I believe the capitla of Ethiopia.)\n\nI'm not relaly sure you're goal with this question but read the book of Genesis more thoroughly for your own first hand Biblical world view.
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Religious life in African Society  is shown through their everday lives , ex : their 'practices' , discipline  \n( : going to church , fasting - cutting the food off - through a determined period ) , etc .
271709
try the CIA Website, you have to know what the countries of Africa are though !
443205
Blame it on religion, religion has caused untold death and misery down the centuries and continues to do so.\n\nThe Catholic Church has the blood of millions of Africans on their hands because of the Church's ban on condoms in a continent ravaged by Aids. Most third world countries, in Latin America, Africa and Asia have burgeoning populations leading to poverty, disease and hunger...all thanks to religion. I could go on, but you get my drift.
840250
Both, it's declining in Europe and the U.S. but rising in the Third World.  The success of Christianity is dependent on a poorly educated population, that's why the churches banned education of any kind in the past, and oppose the teaching of science today.
309687
Good on you for being there for the people that might not have the strength to be there for themselves. Of course it´s easier to help if the issue of concern is close to you but I do hope that people of "the West" don´t forget about the rest of the world and how much we ca do there. That shit about God´s punishment just make me angry. I´m doing my bit - I´m most probably heading to Africa in a year to help with this issue.
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Not sure, but i did find this little funny article\n\nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3080379.stm
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The European nations didn’t just go to Africa to conquer it.  The nations of North Africa and Europe knew each other with explorers and conquers going both ways and all of this going back pre-Roman.  Central and Southern Africa was largely unknown.  What was know was seen as primarily wild and without unifying nations.  \n\nAs raw resources came into the awareness of various country, expansion began into these wild territories.  Through the years this continued and grew.  As the cultures involved came into increasing contact, abrasive relationships grew which as often as not led to hostilities.\n\nWhile today we can look back from what we consider a higher moral ground, that certainly was not the controlling policies of the day.
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All our beliefs are updated versions of older beliefs. The Africans\nbrought thier beliefs West long before slavery. As there was\nan Atlantis, and travel to other continents was easier.\nSlavery brought African beliefs around the world, as well as  migration since then.
1096762
Well, that would require a 100 page essay to list all the differences, and a major history language.\n\nBoth would be preferred , at least by me, over Roman Orthodox, but I would say Coptic would be closer to what the church was like after Jesus' death/Resurrection.
1077327
I've never thought of it that way. I'm in between religious beliefs at the moment, but yours has given me an entirely new perspective on Christianity. Thanks for putting it out there!
308524
Wow, there's a question that requires a book to answer! :)\n\nI would recommend a webpage like this one:\n\nhttp://www.beliefnet.com/index/index_10000.html\n\nI can answer questions about all the Christianity-related ones (Chrstian, which includes also Catholic, Baptist, Pentecostal). Feel free to send me an e-mail if you want the long version!
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The center of Christianity has changed once again.  It started out that the Middle East, especially around Jerusalem, was where Christianity thrived.  That moved to Europe very quickly.  It slowly moved more and more west, from Rome to England and Spain, which brought it to America.  However, now we see more Christians in Africa than in Europe or America.  Is it making a comeback in the U.S.?  I don't know.  In some ways, I suppose.  I don't think Christianity will ever defeat humanism in the West again, though.
861734
Christianity, Islam, and sometimes Judaism (depending on the sect).
322418
I think santaria is a very interesting example of religious syncretism between west african beliefs and catholicism.  I am not Catholic but I think if someone is true to Catholicism and the legitimacy of the pope then they would have to reject Santaria.  That is just my opinion though.  I find it very interesting how much variation there is in catholicism despite the authority of the vatican.
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Nonsense.  Christianity, as a collective, is the world's largest religion.