Contemporary perspectives
Volume 2 of Christianity and Freedom illuminates how Christian minorities and transnational Christian networks contribute to the freedom and flourishing of societies across the globe, even amidst pressure and violent persecution. Featuring unprecedented field research by some of the world's mos...
| Published in: | Christianity and freedom |
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| Contributors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2016
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| In: |
Christianity and freedom (Volume 2)
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| Series/Journal: | Christianity and freedom
Volume 2 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Christianity
/ Freedom
/ Current issues
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| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Liberty ; Religious aspects ; Christianity B Liberty Religious aspects Christianity |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | Volume 2 of Christianity and Freedom illuminates how Christian minorities and transnational Christian networks contribute to the freedom and flourishing of societies across the globe, even amidst pressure and violent persecution. Featuring unprecedented field research by some of the world's most distinguished scholars, it documents the outsized role of Christians in promoting human rights and religious freedom; fighting injustice; stimulating economic equality; providing education, social services, and health care; and nurturing democratic civil society. Readers will come away surprised and sobered to learn how this very Christian link to freedom often invites persecution. What are the dimensions of persecution and how are Christians responding to that pressure? What resources - theological, social, or transnational - do they marshal in leavening their societies? What will be lost if the Christian presence is marginalized? The answers to these questions are of crucial relevance in a world awash with religious extremism and deepening instability. |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Feb 2016) |
| ISBN: | 1316408647 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781316408643 |