Christianity in Argentina

Christianity in Argentina

Location and Region

Sources

Lattitude and Longitude of Three Major Cities in Argentina

The Relative Location of Argentina

• Buenos Aires-62 degrees west and 34 degrees south
• La Pampa-65 degrees west and 36 degrees south
• Missiones- 55 degrees west and 26 degrees south

• Argentina is located In the Southern and Western Hemisphere.
• The countries that border Argentina are Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil, Uruguay and Chile.
• Argentina is bordered by water on one side (South Atlantic ocean)
• Argentina is located in South America.
• There are 23 provinces in Argentina.

• Wittekind, Erika. Argentina. Minnesota: ABDO Publishers, 2012. Print.
• "Argentina Longitude and Lattitude Map" www.mapsoftheworld.com. NP. Web. 10/3/13
• "Embassy of Argentina" www.argentina.org. NP. Web. 10/4/13

Movement

Place and Human-Environmental Interaction

Time Periods During Which Christianity Spread to Argentina

• Christianity spread to Argentina in the 1500's.
• Argentina is surrounded by water and the rest of the South American Continent which makes for easy travel, to and from by boat.
• Spain shipped to Argentina to tell therm about Christianity.

Human Characteristics That Reflect the Infuence of Christianity

Causes That Led to the Introduction and Development of Christianity in Argentina

• International Bible Church-Buenos Aires, Argentina- services in English/ Spanish
• Christian Biblical Church- Buenos Aires, Argentina- 1970
• Light of Gospel- Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Christ the King Province- Buenos Aires, Argentina- 1939

The Physical Characteristics That Helped the Spread of Christianity Across Argentina

• Christianity was first introduced to Argentina by explorers from Spain in the 1500's.
• The church got even stronger in Argentina fro the Roman Catholic settlers from Spain and Italy.
• Catholicism was the fiirst and most prominent organized faithin the hstory of Argentina.

The Life in Argentina Before and After Christianity

• Argentina is made of mostly flatlands/ plains-easier travel.
• Few mountain ranges-pretty-attracts people .
• Bordered by ocean-easier to travel to-from.
• Import/export goods in North West to get goods.

Modes of Transportation People Used to Get to Argentina

• Before Christianity, the main religion of Argentina was Judaism and things were not very civilized.
• When someone from the Christian religion came to Argentina to share the religion, Judaism was against it and wanted war.
• The Christians and the Jews were rebelling against eachother, but eventually, the Jews gave in to Christianity.
• Most Jews in Argentina eventually switched over to Christianity, only 8% of Argentina aren't Christian.

• Back then, regions found out about this religion by shipping from place to place.
• If the country was surrounded by water, they most likely found out about Christianity.
• Only a few regios found out about Christianity (including Argentina) because if someone couldn't get to your reigon without shipping there, they didn't find out about Christianity.
• The easiest way to get from place to place back then was using a boat.

Christianity's Impact on the Culture and People of Argentina

• In Argentina, the impact Christianity had on their culture was that Argentina's citizens started respect to religious features and for protection and good fortune.
• They pray and leave offerings for saints and heroes at shrines.
• Shrines in Argentina were mostly built for a woman named LaDifanta Correa.
• She is known because she died of thirst but her missing baby survived.

photo credit Nasa / Goddard Space Flight Center / Reto Stöckli