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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

18 Mar 2001

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Cedar Rapids Gazette

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Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

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Mar 18, 2001

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World Christian Encyclopedia charts faiths across 238 nations

Retired engineer turned church scholar David B. Barrett spent four decades compiling the World Christian Encyclopedia. The two volume 1699 page work, published by Oxford, counts believers by religion in 238 countries for 1900 1970 1990 1995 and 2000 with projections to 2025 and includes 10 000 distinct religions and 33 830 Christian denominations.

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Richmond Britain Royal Aircraft Establishment David B. Barrett Church of England Barrett Columbia University Africa Oxford University Press United Nations Vatican Missions Willi Henkel J. Gordon Melton

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World faith shares shift 1900 to 2000 World Christian data

The World Christian Encyclopedia reports Christianity fell from 32.2 to 31.2 percent yet spread to every country. Islam rose from 12.3 to 19.6 percent. The nonreligious climbed to 18.9 percent by 1970 then fell to 15.2 percent. Hinduism reached 13.4 percent and Buddhism 5.9 percent as Chinese and tribal worship dropped to 10.2 percent. Judaism declined to 0.2 percent.

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