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Christianity in India is the third-largest religion in that nation, following Hinduism and Islam. Abrahamic religions on the whole date back about 2500 years with the arrival of Judaism, followed by the arrival of Christianity around 2000 years ago. Christianity is believed to have come to India in two main periods, the first century missionary activity of Thomas, the disciple of Jesus, and the Western missionary activities from 1500 to 1975. Vasco da Gama, seeking pre-existing Christian colonies in India, discovered a sea route to India by circumnavigating the Cape of Good Hope which caused a major influence on both the histories of Asia and Europe. The total official number of Christians in India as per Census in 2001 are 24,080,016 or 2.34% of the population. There are three main regional concentrations of Christian population, namely in Malabar Coast, on the Konkan Coast, and among tribal people in East, Central, and North-East India. The states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Arunachal Pradesh account for 60% of India's total Christian population. The Christian churches run thousands of educational institutions and hospitals contributing significantly to the development of the nation. Template:/box-footer Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Box-header/colours' not found.  According to tradition, it was on a trading vessel plying between Alexandria and the Malabar Coast that St. Thomas the Apostle arrived in Kodungallur or Cranganore (കൊടുങ്ങല്ലൂര്)in AD 52. Modern developments in archaeology, anthropology, numismatics, toponymy, geography and trade route investigations have revealed evidence of the trading which forms the background to the St. Thomas tradition of Kerala. Maliankara was the headquarters of the Church of Malabar from the 1st century. (Malankara is cognate of Maliankara) and hence the church was known as the Malankara Church. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Box-header/colours' not found.  Roman Catholicism reached Goa during the period of European colonisation, which began in 1498 when the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrived on the Malabar coast. With the establishment of Goa Inquisition in 1560, a large section of the population became Roman Catholic. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Box-header/colours' not found. Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Box-header/colours' not found. Frederick Antony Ravi Kumar Zacharias (born 1946) is an Indian-born, Canadian-American evangelical Christian philosopher, apologist, and evangelist. Zacharias is the author of numerous Christian books, including Gold Medallion Book Award winner Can Man Live Without God? and bestsellers Light in the Shadow of Jihad and The Grand Weaver. He is also president of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries, host of a weekly radio program, and visiting professor at Wycliffe Hall of Oxford, where he teaches apologetics and evangelism. Previously, Zacharias studied as a visiting scholar at Cambridge University and held the chair in Evangelism and Contemporary Thought at Alliance Theological Seminary from 1981 to 1984.Zacharias was born in Madras, India and converted to Christianity following a suicide attempt at the age of 17. In May 1972 Zacharias married Margarette ("Margie") Reynolds, whom he met at his church's youth group. They have three grown children, Nathan, Naomi and Sarah. Zacharias asserts that the apologist must argue from three levels: the theoretical to line up the logic of the argument, the arts to illustrate, and "kitchen table talk" to conclude and apply. Template:/box-header Template:/Categories Template:/box-footer  Template:/box-header Template:/Topics Template:/box-footer
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