World Christian Encyclopedia: The world by segments : religions, peoples, languages, cities, topicsDavid B. Barrett Oxford University Press, 2001 The comprehensive overview of the world's largest religion in all its many versions and in both its religious and secular contexts. The Encyclopedia presents and analyzes an unmatched wealth of information about the extent, status, and characteristics of twentieth-century Christianity worldwide. It takes full account of Christianity's ecclesiastical branches, subdivisions, and denominations, and treats Christianity in relation to other faiths and the secular realm. It offers an unparalleled comparative study of churches and religions throughout the modern world. This new edition features a vast range of new and previously unpublished data on the current global situation of Christianity, on religion in general, and on the political, demographic, economic, and social characteristics of the world's cultures and peoples in 238 countries. Each volume is filled with essential information, from historical surveys of denominations to country-by-country profiles of churches and believers. The text sets the cxurrent status of Christianity into a rich historical context, and assesses current trends and future directions. Many tables, charts, diagrams, photographs, a directory of names and organizations, a glossary, index, and other features ensure accessbility for specialists and non-specialists alike. The Encyclopedia will be of great value to academics of many disciplines, clergy, administrators, and those who work in Christian and other religious organizations around the world, as well as to anyone interested in current affairs. |
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... Muslims 100 % ( Sunnis ) . In north . Close to Nduka . Animists 60 % , some Muslims . D - RCC Quaka Prefecture , north of Bria . Also in Sudan . Related to Banda . Second language . Sango . Animists 40 % , Muslims 15 % . D = RCC . Kemo ...
... Muslims 100 % ( Sunnis ) . In north . Close to Nduka . Animists 60 % , some Muslims . D - RCC Quaka Prefecture , north of Bria . Also in Sudan . Related to Banda . Second language . Sango . Animists 40 % , Muslims 15 % . D = RCC . Kemo ...
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... Muslims 99 % ( Sunnis ) . In Damel Valley , east side of Kunar river . Second language : Khower Pastoralists in southern Chitral Muslims 100 % . 1.09 Central Baluchistan Province , in Kalat and Mastung . Influenced by Brahui . Muslims ...
... Muslims 99 % ( Sunnis ) . In Damel Valley , east side of Kunar river . Second language : Khower Pastoralists in southern Chitral Muslims 100 % . 1.09 Central Baluchistan Province , in Kalat and Mastung . Influenced by Brahui . Muslims ...
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... Muslim encroachment . 1.05 Darfur Province , with a few in Chad . Muslims 100 % ( Maliki Sunnis ) . M - CMS , ACROSS , both expelled in 1986 . Baggara ( Negroid Bedouins ) along Nile in Nubia Sedentary . Muslims 93 % ( Maliki Sunnis ) ...
... Muslim encroachment . 1.05 Darfur Province , with a few in Chad . Muslims 100 % ( Maliki Sunnis ) . M - CMS , ACROSS , both expelled in 1986 . Baggara ( Negroid Bedouins ) along Nile in Nubia Sedentary . Muslims 93 % ( Maliki Sunnis ) ...