Sudan has various faiths and beliefs, the main ones being Christianity, Islam, and indigenous faiths.
Christianity has a long history in what is now Sudan. Ancient Nubia was reached by Coptic Christianity by the 2nd century. The Coptic Church was later influenced by Byzantine Christianity. From the 7th century, the Christian Nubian kingdoms were threatened by the Islamic expansion, but the southernmost of these kingdoms, Alodia, survived until 1504.
Southern Sudan (including what is now South Sudan) remained long dominated by traditional (tribal) religions of the Nilotic peoples, with significant conversion to Anglicanism (Episcopal Church of Sudan) during the 20th century.
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St.Matthew Catholic Cathedral in Kartoum
The Roman Catholic Church in Sudan is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome.
There are approximately four million Catholics in Sudan, about 5% of the total population. There are nine dioceses including two archdioceses.The majority of Christians in Sudan adhere either to the Roman Catholic church or to the Anglican churches (represented by the Episcopal Church of the Sudan), but there are several other small denominations represented.
In the north and central parts of Sudan, Islam dominates religious life along the Nile with adherence to Quranic statues and laws being fervent, if not devout. Islam is the largest religion in Sudan, and Muslims have dominated national government institutions since independence in 1956. Satistics indicate that the Muslim population is 97%, including numerous Arab and non-Arab groups. The Muslim population is mostly Sunni, although there are some Shia communities in Khartoum the capital.
The various indigenous peoples of the Sudan also perform rites and customs sacred to their beliefs and deities. Such rites and beliefs are not systemized in a set of doctrinal rules, statutes or holy texts, but are rather passed down orally by the tribal community from one generation to the next. A person can be counted as a member of his or her faith as the result of being born in his or her ethnic group. Each ethnic group has a faith which, though it may share elements of rituals and beliefs with sister tribes, is unique to that particular ethnic group. Believing and acting in a religious mode, rather than being thought of as a separate human action, is part of daily life and is linked to the social, political and economic, relationships of the group.
Christianity has a long history in what is now Sudan. Ancient Nubia was reached by Coptic Christianity by the 2nd century. The Coptic Church was later influenced by Byzantine Christianity. From the 7th century, the Christian Nubian kingdoms were threatened by the Islamic expansion, but the southernmost of these kingdoms, Alodia, survived until 1504.
Southern Sudan (including what is now South Sudan) remained long dominated by traditional (tribal) religions of the Nilotic peoples, with significant conversion to Anglicanism (Episcopal Church of Sudan) during the 20th century.
St.Matthew Catholic Cathedral in KartoumThere are approximately four million Catholics in Sudan, about 5% of the total population. There are nine dioceses including two archdioceses.The majority of Christians in Sudan adhere either to the Roman Catholic church or to the Anglican churches (represented by the Episcopal Church of the Sudan), but there are several other small denominations represented.
In the north and central parts of Sudan, Islam dominates religious life along the Nile with adherence to Quranic statues and laws being fervent, if not devout. Islam is the largest religion in Sudan, and Muslims have dominated national government institutions since independence in 1956. Satistics indicate that the Muslim population is 97%, including numerous Arab and non-Arab groups. The Muslim population is mostly Sunni, although there are some Shia communities in Khartoum the capital.
The various indigenous peoples of the Sudan also perform rites and customs sacred to their beliefs and deities. Such rites and beliefs are not systemized in a set of doctrinal rules, statutes or holy texts, but are rather passed down orally by the tribal community from one generation to the next. A person can be counted as a member of his or her faith as the result of being born in his or her ethnic group. Each ethnic group has a faith which, though it may share elements of rituals and beliefs with sister tribes, is unique to that particular ethnic group. Believing and acting in a religious mode, rather than being thought of as a separate human action, is part of daily life and is linked to the social, political and economic, relationships of the group.
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