Basics of regulation of the activities of the Russian Orthodox Church in Africa

... associations. As this review suggests, the legislation of most African states is generally in line with the norms set out in the laws of countries with Romano-Germanic and Anglo-Saxon legal systems. However, there are discrepancies between the official norms ... ... observations about the objective development of the religious landscape in Africa, studies that predict a shift of the center of Christianity from European industrialized countries to Africa and Asia should be given a serious consideration [Gorokhov 2012; ...