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TABLE OF CONTENT

INTRODUCTION --------------------------------------------------------------------------1

CHRISTIANITY IN AFRICA---------------------------------------------------------2-3
EARLYCHURCH------------------------------------------------------------------------3-4
POST-CONSTANTINE ----------------------------------------------------------------4-5
18TH &19TH CENTURY MISSIONARY MOVEMENT--------------------------5-6
INFLUENCE OF CHRISTAIN----------------------------------------------------------7
IN TERMS OF POLITICS-------------------------------------------------------------7-8
PATTERN OF DRESS AND DRESSING STYLE--------------------------------8-9
DESIGN OF HOUSES----------------------------------------------------------------10-11
PATTERN OF GREETING-------------------------------------------------------------12
OCCUPATION------------------------------------------------------------------------12-13
CARTING AWAY AND BURNING OF OBJECTS------------------------------13
CONCLUSION-------------------------------------------------------------------------13-14
REFERENCES-----------------------------------------------------------------------------15

Introduction:

Christianity is an Abrahamicmonotheistic religion based on the life, teachings, and miracles of Jesus of Nazareth, known by Christians as the Christ, or "Messiah", who is the focal point of the Christian faiths. It is the world's largest religion, with over 2.4 billion followers, or 33% of the global population, known as Christians. Christians make up a majority of the population in about two-thirds of the countries and territories in the world. They believe that Jesus is the Son of God and the savior of humanity whose coming as the Messiah(the Christ) was prophesied in the Old Testament. Christianity has played a prominent role in the shaping of Western civilization.
Christianity grew out of Judaism and began as a Second Temple Judaic sect in the mid-1st century. Originating in the Roman province of Judea, it quickly spread to Europe, Syria, Mesopotamia,Anatolia, Transcaucasia, Egypt, Ethiopiaand the Indian subcontinent, and by the end of the 4th century had become the official state church of the Roman Empire. Following the Age of Discovery, Christianity spread to the Americas, Oceania, sub-Saharan Africa and the rest of the world through missionary work and colonization.[
Christianity began as a Jewish sect in the Levant of the middle east in the mid-1st century. Other than Second Temple Judaism, the primary religious influences of early Christianity are Zoroastrianism and Gnosticism. John Bowker states that Christian ideas such as "angels, the end of the world, a final judgment, the resurrection and heaven and hell received form and substance from ... Zoroastrian beliefs". Its earliest development took place under the leadership of the remaining Twelve Apostles, particularly Saint Peter, and Paul the Apostle, followed by the early bishops, whom Christians consider the successors of the Apostles.