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...

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Main Author: Hertzke, Allen D. 1950- (Author)
Contributors: Shah, Timothy Samuel (Other)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: 2016
In:Year: 2016
Series/Journal:Christianity and freedom Volume 2
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Christianity / Freedom / Current issues
Further subjects:B Liberty Religious aspects Christianity
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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
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Description based on: v. 2, published in 2016
ISBN:1107124727
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781316408643