Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-478) and index.
Contents:
Christian Solidarity in the face of discrimination and persecution / Christof Sauer. Editorial introduction: freedom of belief and Christian mission: a difficult time for freedom of religion / Knud Jørgensen -- MISSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES -- Freedom of religion or belief from a human rights perspective / Tore Lindholm -- Freedom of religion or belief from a Biblical perspective / Thomas Schirrmacher and Richard Howell -- Global challenges and opportunities in religious liberty / Brian Grim -- HISTORICAL AND THEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS -- A doxological framework for interpreting discrimination, persecution and martyrdom / Christof Sauer and Dwi Maria Handayani -- A theology of Martyrdom / Agne Nordlander -- Mission, persecution and martyrdom in the early church / James J. Stamoolis -- The era of Constantine / Maximilian J. Hölzl -- Mission, human rights and religious freedom, a relationship of light and shadow: historical, ecumenical and interreligious perspectives / Dietrich Werner -- Christians in a minority situation Religious persecution and violence in the 21st century a global survey based on the world watch list / Frans Veerman -- Mission and ethics of mission 2014 / Christian Troll and Thomas Schirrmacher -- CASE STUDIES -- Egypt: the church under pressure / Cornelis Hulsman and Ramez Atallah -- Christians in Turkey as part of a Western conspiracy? A Turkish perspective on Christian missionaries / Wolfgang Häde -- The Middle East: a region without a Christian future? / Hanna Josua -- Case study: Israel and Messianic Jews / Dan Sered and Yoel Ben-David -- The decline of ancient North African Christianity through the impact of Islam / Bernd Brandl -- Marxism and religion: the paradox of church growth in Ethiopia, 1974-1991 / Tibebe Eshete -- Freedom of belief and the church in Eritrea / Kjetil Tronvoll and Daniel Rezene Mekonnen -- The Somali conundrum: Christian presence in times of peace and in times of turbulence / David W. Schenk and Peter M. Sensenig -- Religious freedom and Christian mission: people's Republic of China / Kim-kwong Chan -- Beset from within, beleaguered from without: North Korea's catacombs in an era of extermination / Tim A. Peters -- Is the Silk Road still open? Central Asia: Christian mission under growing restrictions on religious freedom / Anneta Vysotskaya -- India: religious polarisation in a Hindu context / Siga Arles -- Mission and persecution, parallel stories: the state of religious minorities in Burma / Kristin Storaker -- Religious freedom in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim state / Jeff Hammond -- Faith and freedom in the land of the pure / Maqsood Kamil -- Freedom of religion and Christian mission in Russia before and after the era of the Soviet Union / Valentin Kozhuharov -- Western Europe: marginalisation of Christians through secularisation? / Lars Dahle -- Religious freedom in Brazil and Latin America / Felipe Augusto Lopes Carvalho and Uziel Santana do Santos -- MISSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES -- Free to believe and to do mission worldwide / Hans Aage Gravaas -- Do Christian witness and mission provoke persecution? / Jan A.B. Jongeneel -- The missionary witness of the persecuted and the martyrs / Tite Tiénou -- Christian Solidarity in the face of discrimination and persecution / Christof Sauer.
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