A main focus as pertaining to chapter 10 is all about the Christian religion. This chapter touches on a few main eras. The ones I'm blogging about are; Asian, African, Byzantine State and practicing Christianity. To start, it is a fact that anyone can celebrate and convert to Christianity. Most typically think of specific cultures practicing the beliefs of Jesus. Especially in places like the United States. To elaborate, in 1990 a Chinese woman by the name of Yao Hong discovered, at the age of twenty, that her husband committed adultery. After such a horrible personal experience, Hong then strayed away from her own religion and converted to Christianity. She felt a sense of love and family within the Christian Community. To add on, in the past three decades or so other Asian countries chose to welcome Christianity into their life just like Yao. Moving forward to the pentecostal protestants expanded during the twentieth century. Progressing forward in time Christianity diminished in Arabia, the homeland of Islam. They ended up getting rid of earlier Christian communities quickly. Also, only a few Christian groups remained after Muhammad's death in 632. The churches such as the ones seen in Middle East, too found themselves on the defensive with membership going down in the presence of expanding Islam. Then there is the Byzantine State which after 1085 the territory shrank. Due to the overrunning by aggressive Western European Powers by Catholic Crusaders and Turkic Muslim invaders. Ending in 1453, the Turkin Ottoman Empire claimed and ruled over Constantinople. Eastern Orthodox Christianity had a widespread effect on every bit of Byzantine life. In conclusion, lots of the elements of Christendom had a long life during the third-wave. This extended way on to the modern era.
