Under Caesar's sword : how Christians respond to persecution / edited by Daniel Philpott, University of Notre Dame, Timothy Samuel Shah, Baylor University and Georgetown University.
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Contents:
Introduction / Maryann Cusimano Love. Christian transnational networks respond to persecution / Kent R. Hill -- To whom do we turn? How Christians respond to religious persecution : lessons from Kenya, Nigeria, and Sudan / Robert A. Dowd -- Christians in Egypt, Libya, and Palestine responding to the aftermaths of the Arab Revolts / Mariz Tadros -- Christian responses to persecution in the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia / Christian Van Gorder -- Christian repression and survival in post-Soviet Central Asia / Kathleen Collins -- Repression, restriction, and response in contemporary Russia / Karrie J. Koesel and Jekatyerina Dunajeva -- Christians in Pakistan and Afghanistan : responses to marginalization from the peripheries / Sara Singha -- Christian responses to repression in India and Sri Lanka : religious nationalism, legal restriction, and violence / Chad M. Bauman and James Ponniah -- Christian responses to persecution in communist Vietnam and Laos / Reginald E. Reimer -- Evangelization amid cooperation, accommodation, and resistance : Chinese Christian response to persecution in communist China / Fenggang Yang -- Christians and multireligious citizenship in Muslim Indonesia / Robert W. Hefner -- Latin America : (still) a site of persecution and an (evolving) global defender of the persecuted / Paul Freston -- Western Christian's responses to denials of religious freedom / Paul Marshall -- Christian transnational networks respond to persecution / Maryann Cusimano Love.
Summary:
The global persecution of Christians is an urgent human rights issue that remains underreported. This volume presents the results of the first systematic global investigation into how Christians respond to persecution. World-class scholars of global Christianity present first-hand research from most of the sites of the harshest persecution as well as the West and Latin America. Their findings make clear the nature of persecution, the reasons for it, Christian responses to it - both non-violent and confrontational - and the effects of these responses. Motivating the volume is the hope that this knowledge will empower all who would exercise solidarity with the world's persecuted Christians and will offer the victims strategies for a more effective response.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.