Chinua Achebe wrote the novel, Things Fall Apart, which is a great piece of African literature that deals with the Ibo culture, society, and history. One place where the Ibo religion is practiced is in the village of Umuofia in Africa, where the story takes place. On the other hand, Christianity is a very common religion that is practiced all over the world. Although Christianity and Ibo are both types of religions, they have many …
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…than one god, and Christians practice monotheism, which is the belief in one God. A second difference is the Ibo worship animate gods, unlike Christians who worship one inanimate God. In addition, the Ibo practice polygamy, which is having more than one wife at the same time, and Christians practice monogamy, or being married to only one wife. A final contrast between the two religions is they have different beliefs in the afterlife. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**