Christianity is the dominant religion in Oceania.
History
Prior to contact with Europeans, the different groups of the Pacific lived in systems of theocracy which generally utilised the widespread concept of tabu. Various Christian missionary organisations arrived in Japan (1549), the Philippines (16th century) and the Aleutians (18th century), but European and American missions converted most of the islands of Oceania to Christianity in the course of the 19th century.
Religious distribution
Australasia
Melanesia
Micronesia
Polynesia
Hyponyms
- Religion in Australia
- Religion in New Zealand
- Religion in Hawaii
- Religion in Fiji
- Religion in Papua New Guinea
- Religion in Samoa
- Religion in Tonga
- Religion in the Marshall Islands
- Religion in Palau
- Religion in Kiribati
- Religion in Vanuatu
See also
- Culture of Oceania
- Major religious groups
- Bahá'í Faith in Oceania
- Islam in Oceania
- Buddhism in Oceania
- Freedom of religion in Oceania by country
- Hinduism in Oceania Countries
- Religion in Africa
- Religion in Asia
- Religion in Europe
- Religion in North America
- Religion in South America
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