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There are also large Christian communities in other parts of the world, such as Indonesia, Central Asia, the Middle East, and West Africa where Christianity is the second-largest religion after Islam. The United States has the largest Christian population in the world, followed by Brazil, Mexico, Russia, and the Philippines. [12]
A broad overview of various Christian groups including a historical context. See also Christianity by country , Islam by country , Judaism by country , Protestantism by country , Commons:Category:Religion maps of the world
Christendom [2] [3] refers to Christian states, Christian-majority countries or countries in which Christianity is dominant [4] or prevails. [2]Following the spread of Christianity from the Levant to Europe and North Africa during the early Roman Empire, Christendom has been divided in the pre-existing Greek East and Latin West.
As a Christian state, Armenia "embraced Christianity as the religion of the King, the nobles, and the people". [3] In 326, according to official tradition of the Georgian Orthodox Church, following the conversion of Mirian and Nana, the country of Georgia became a Christian state, the Emperor Constantine the Great sending clerics for baptising ...
The underlying Christian democracy movement emerged in 19th-century Europe, largely under the influence of Catholic social teaching and Neo-Calvinist theology. [1] [2] Christian democracy continues to be influential in Europe and Latin America, though in a number of countries its Christian ethos has been diluted by secularisation.
In 2010, 87% of the world's Christian population lived in countries where Christians are in the majority, while 13% of the world's Christian population lived in countries where Christians are in the minority. [1] Christianity is the predominant religion in Europe, the Americas, Oceania, and Sub-Saharan Africa. [1]
[220] [21] [22] Despite the absence of centralized control or leadership, if considered as a single cohort, this will easily be the second largest Christian tradition after Roman Catholicism. [221] [222] [223] According to the Center for the Study of Global Christianity (CSGC), there are an estimated 450 million Independents world-wide, as of ...
Map of prevailing religion by country Map of relative importance of religion by country, based on a 2006–2008 worldwide survey by Gallup Countries with a state religion: Christianity (unspecified)