Buddhism Christianity Rise Spread
... Why then do we see the relatively fast growth and spread, on a global scale, of only certain religions? ... When taking into account the rise and spread of Christianity and Buddhism, two of the three major religions of all time, we are able to see several similarities. We can see that it was not mere luck that these religions spread as they did. ... the promotion of a religion by the head of a nation) was the extensive spread of Christianity and Buddhism made possible. Looking at both Christianity and Buddhism, we can see that the actual founders of the religions didn’t promote the religion itself on a large scale, but actually the followers were the ones responsible for the spread of it on a much broader level. Jesus’ Apostles sought to spread his teachings and their beliefs after Jesus’ crucifixion. ... Christianity spread with the continuance of missionaries witnessing. One of the biggest contributions to the spread of Christianity was Constantine’s conversion to it. Being in the position he was, emperor of Rome, and with Rome a ‘superpower’ of that time, his support for the Christian church inevitably brought a significant increase in the spread of Christianity.