Multiculturalism and Christianity

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  Spread of Christianity to 325 AD
  Spread of Christianity to 600 AD
The race and appearance of Jesus has been influenced by cultural settings.

Multiculturalism and Christianity have a long historical association.

theologian, was North African.[5] Under the influence of Paul, Christianity soon spread widely among non-Jews (Gentiles) of the Roman Empire
.

Roman Empire

Further information: Edict of Serdica and History of Christianity

The

Constantine I and Licinius announced toleration of Christianity in the Edict of Milan. Constantine would become the first Christian emperor. By 391, under the reign of Theodosius I, Christianity had become the state religion. Constantine I, the first emperor to embrace Christianity, was also the first emperor to openly promote the newly legalized religion. As the political boundaries of the Western Roman Empire
diminished and then collapsed, Christianity spread beyond the old borders of the Empire and into lands that never had been Romanized.

Age of Discovery

During the

Jesuit mission to China) were relatively peaceful and focused on integration rather than cultural imperialism
.

The most famous colonization by Protestants in the New World was that of English

civic religion
.

World Christianity in the Modern Era

See also:
Roman Catholicism by country
Christianity by country

Christianity is a religion open to all

The Christian world encompasses a greater area of land than that of any other religious territory.[8] In terms of both population and geography, Christianity is the world's largest religion.[9] As such, Christianity contains a great diversity,[9] and has followers from a wide range of ethnicities, nationalities, and cultures.[10] Both Europeans and non-Hispanic Whites are shrinking minorities in the Church.[11]

Europe

In his book Enlarging the Story: Perspectives on Writing World Christian History, Richard Fox Young views the connection between Christianity and

emerging Church and its impact on the development of World Christianity. In the postcolonial world, Christianity has lost its association with the West.[12][13]

Outside Europe and North America

At the turn of the millennium, 60% of the world's two billion Christians lived in Africa, Latin America, or Asia, and by 2025, those demographics will shift to an estimated 67% of the world's three billion Christians.[11] The rise of Christianity in the southern hemisphere, especially Africa and Latin America, in the late 20th and early 21st centuries is a "grassroots movement"[14] that has generated new forms of Christian theology and worship,[15] and shifted the cultural and geographic focal point of the Church away from the West.[13] The prominence of the southern hemisphere's Christianity has brought with it a cultural and intellectual diversity[11] to World Christianity, and contributed such ideas as Liberation theology.[14] Immigrating minorities such as the Waldensians increased multiculturalism in areas of the United States.[16]

See also

References

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  3. ^ Paul describes himself as "an Israelite of the tribe of Benjamin, circumcised on the eighth day" Phil 3:5
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  6. ^ Lactantius, De Mortibus Persecutorum ("On the Deaths of the Persecutors") ch. 35–34
  7. ^ MacCulloch, Diarmaid, The Reformation: A History (New York: Penguin Books, 2004) p. 540
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  10. ^ "Predominant Religions". Adherents.com. Archived from the original on August 19, 1999. Retrieved 2007-01-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  11. ^ a b c "The Christian Revolution: The Changing Demographics of Christianity". World Christianity. St. John in the Wilderness Adult Education and Formation. Retrieved 2007-01-03.
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  13. ^ a b Miller, Sara (2002-07-17). "Global gospel: Christianity is alive and well in the Southern Hemisphere". Christian Century. Retrieved 2007-01-03.
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