Christianity played a very big role in the religious world, and it still does as of today. It all started in the 4th century of our time when it became the state religion of the Roman Empire.
Upon reading the chapter, there are some things about Christianity that caught my eye the most. One of them regards the different experiences of Christianity between Africa and Asia. In Asia, Muslims controlled Jerusalem, and built the Dome of the Rock, a building that allowed Jewish Christians to offer Jesus Christ a place to visit. Unfortunately, the warfare there had caused the destruction of churches. In Africa, things were different. Christianity had a more major role in terms of religion unlike Asia. As a matter of fact, it helped Egyptians convert to Islam, as well as translating the Bible into the Nubian Language along with Greek, Arabic, and Ge'ez, an Ethiopian language that I have never heard of.
The Byzantine Christendom was also something that caught my attention. According to the book, Strayer pointed out that the eastern Roman Empire continued to live while the western side of it fell entirely. The Byzantine Empire controlled Greece, the Balkans, and Anatolia. As for Eastern Orthodox Christianity, it was different from Roman Catholicism in a way that it considered the Church as a kind of government. Additionally, Strayer had defined orthodox as "right-thinking", and they were Christians who were made equal to the Church and all of the Byzantine Empire.
To reflect on this chapter personally, Christianity is still going on as of today. Nothing about it has really changed, as far as I know. Since I have read the book, I can infer that the religion has definitely spread out worldwide throughout the years.
