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Religion in South Sudan (2023 estimate)[1] [2]
Other (0.4%)
A Christian worship service under a tree in Warrap .
Christianity is the most widely professed religion in South Sudan , with significant minorities of the adherents of traditional faiths and Islam .
President Salva Kiir , a Christian , while speaking at Saint Theresa Cathedral in Juba , stated that South Sudan would be a nation which respects freedom of religion .[3] Christianity have varied.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
History [ edit ]
A village church in Lakes State .
Christianity has a long history in the region that is now South Sudan . Ancient Nubia was reached by Coptic Christianity by the 1st century, and missionary activity from Ethiopia consolidated that community. In 1920, the Protestant Church Missionary Society originated a diocese.
Religious membership [ edit ]
Background [ edit ]
In the early 1990s, official records of Sudan as a whole (Sudan and South Sudan) showed that a large percentage adhered to African traditional religions (17%) and Christianity (8%) (though both located mainly in the south, some also at Khartoum). Among Christians, most are Catholic and Anglican , though other denominations were also active, and traditional African religions ' beliefs were often blended with Christian beliefs.[10] [11] [12]
The Anglican and Catholic churches both claimed large membership; the Anglican Communion claimed 2 million members in 2005 in the Episcopal Church of the Sudan .[13] Presbyterian Church in Sudan .[14]
Membership in the 2020s [ edit ]
The 2020 Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project report estimated that Christians made up 60.5% of the population, while followers of indigenous (animist) religions made up 32.9% and Muslims, 6.2%. The remainder of the population was made up of followers of Baha’i, Buddhist, Hindu, and Jewish faiths;[15]
In 2022 the new Catholic bishop of Rumbek , Christian Carlassare , stated that "More than half the population of South Sudan is Christian, only 8% are Muslim. Other groups live on the margins, and have not drawn close to the Gospel. However, we live in a country where Christianity is often no more than skin deep, it hasn't grown roots in the life of the population."[16]
International visits [ edit ]
Since its independence in 2011, South Sudan has been frequently visited by global religious leaders. Franklin Graham led the Hope for A New Nation Festival in Juba in 2012, gathering 95,000 attendees.[17] T. B. Joshua from Nigeria addressed the South Sudanese nation at the Presidential Palace in Juba in the presence of President Salva Kiir Mayardit .[18] Justin Welby (Anglican Communion ), Pope Francis (Catholic Church ), and Iain Greenshields (Church of Scotland Moderator) visited South Sudan through a three-day "pilgrimage of peace to the world's newest nation".[19]
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ "South Sudan" . Global Religious Futures . Pew Research Center. Retrieved 1 July 2021 .
^ "South Sudan To Respect Freedom of Religion Says GOSS President | Sudan Radio Service" . Sudanradio.org. 21 February 2011. Archived from the original on 12 July 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2011 .
^ "South Sudan profile" . BBC News . 8 July 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2011 .
^ Eric Kaufmann , Rethinking ethnicity: majority groups and dominant minorities . Routledge, 2004, p. 45.
^ Minahan, J. Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations: S-Z . Greenwood Press, 2002, p. 1786.
^ Arnold, G. Book Review: Douglas H. Johnson, The Root Causes of Sudan's Civil Wars . African Journal of Political Science Vol.8 No. 1, 2003, p. 147.
^ Sudan: A Country Study Federal Research Division, Library of Congress - Chapter 2, Ethnicity, Regionalism and Ethnicity
^ US Institute of Peace, 2019 report "The Religious Landscape in South Sudan"
^ Christianity , in A Country Study: Sudan , U.S. Library of Congress.
^ "More than 100 dead in South Sudan attack-officials" Archived 28 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine SABC News 21 September 2009 Retrieved 5 April 2011
^ Hurd, Emma "Southern Sudan Votes To Split From North" Sky News 8 February 2011 Retrieved 5 April 2011
^ "How many Anglicans are there in the Anglican Church in North America?"
^ "South Sudan" (PDF) . www.apwm.org.au . 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2023 .
^ US State Dept 2022 report
^ ACN (4 April 2022). "New bishop in South Sudan: "We must get back on our feet and give hope to the people" . ACN International . Retrieved 15 November 2022 .
^ Sébastien Fath, "Franklin Graham's Crusade in South Sudan", Afrique Contemporaine , vol 252, issue 4, 2014 , p.27 to 49
^ "Prophet TB Joshua's Presidential Visit to South Sudan" (Nov 2019)"
^ Sarah Fowler, "Pope in South Sudan tells clergy to raise voices against injustice", BBC, 4th of Feb, 2023
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a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
