Religion survey: Christianity remains dominant, but maybe not in your corner of the globe

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By Loretta Fulton
Posted January 17, 2013 at 10 p.m.


PHOTO BY ANDREW MEDICHINI, AP2013
Associated Press photo Pope Benedict XVI kisses the Holy Gospel as he celebrates an Epiphany Mass in St.Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Jan. 6. Christians — including Catholics — make up about 32 percent of the world's population, according to a recent survey, but Christianity is growing fastest in Africa and South America. That, according to Mark Hamilton of Abilene Christian University, means Christianity is no longer a predominantly European religion as it was in the past.

A newly released survey of world religion shows that eight in 10 people around the globe identify with a religion.

But that's not the big news from the findings, at least not to Mark Hamilton, associate dean of the Graduate School of Theology at Abilene Christian University.

A more telling statistic, Hamilton believes, is where the growth in Christianity is concentrated — below the equator in Africa and South America.

"To me," Hamilton said, "the big story here is that Christianity is no longer predominantly a European religion."

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