Discrimination Persecution Martyrdom

Author : Huibert van Beek
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1532653654
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Discrimination, Persecution, Martyrdom written by Huibert van Beek and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2018-04-09 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Discrimination, Persecution, Martyrdom: Following Christ Together global consultation was convened and organised by the Global Christian Forum, together with the Catholic Church (Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity), the Pentecostal World Fellowship, the World Council of Churches and the World Evangelical Alliance.

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ISBN 13 : 9783862691555
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Discrimination, Persecution, Martyrdom: Following Christ Together written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Candida Moss
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062104543
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Myth of Persecution written by Candida Moss and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Myth of Persecution, Candida Moss, a leading expert on early Christianity, reveals how the early church exaggerated, invented, and forged stories of Christian martyrs and how the dangerous legacy of a martyrdom complex is employed today to silence dissent and galvanize a new generation of culture warriors. According to cherished church tradition and popular belief, before the Emperor Constantine made Christianity legal in the fourth century, early Christians were systematically persecuted by a brutal Roman Empire intent on their destruction. As the story goes, vast numbers of believers were thrown to the lions, tortured, or burned alive because they refused to renounce Christ. These saints, Christianity's inspirational heroes, are still venerated today. Moss, however, exposes that the "Age of Martyrs" is a fiction—there was no sustained 300-year-long effort by the Romans to persecute Christians. Instead, these stories were pious exaggerations; highly stylized rewritings of Jewish, Greek, and Roman noble death traditions; and even forgeries designed to marginalize heretics, inspire the faithful, and fund churches. The traditional story of persecution is still taught in Sunday school classes, celebrated in sermons, and employed by church leaders, politicians, and media pundits who insist that Christians were—and always will be—persecuted by a hostile, secular world. While violence against Christians does occur in select parts of the world today, the rhetoric of persecution is both misleading and rooted in an inaccurate history of the early church. Moss urges modern Christians to abandon the conspiratorial assumption that the world is out to get Christians and, rather, embrace the consolation, moral instruction, and spiritual guidance that these martyrdom stories provide.

Author : John L. Allen, Jr.
Publisher : Image
ISBN 13 : 0770437370
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Global War on Christians written by John L. Allen, Jr. and published by Image. This book was released on 2016-03-15 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most respected journalists in the United States and the bestselling author of The Future Church uses his unparalleled knowledge of world affairs and religious insight to investigate the troubling worldwide persecution of Christians. From Iraq and Egypt to Sudan and Nigeria, from Indonesia to the Indian subcontinent, Christians in the early 21st century are the world's most persecuted religious group. According to the secular International Society for Human Rights, 80 percent of violations of religious freedom in the world today are directed against Christians. In effect, our era is witnessing the rise of a new generation of martyrs. Underlying the global war on Christians is the demographic reality that more than two-thirds of the world's 2.3 billion Christians now live outside the West, often as a beleaguered minority up against a hostile majority-- whether it's Islamic fundamentalism in the Middle East and parts of Africa and Asia, Hindu radicalism in India, or state-imposed atheism in China and North Korea. In Europe and North America, Christians face political and legal challenges to religious freedom. Allen exposes the deadly threats and offers investigative insight into what is and can be done to stop these atrocities. “This book is about the most dramatic religion story of the early 21st century, yet one that most people in the West have little idea is even happening: The global war on Christians,” writes John Allen. “We’re not talking about a metaphorical ‘war on religion’ in Europe and the United States, fought on symbolic terrain such as whether it’s okay to erect a nativity set on the courthouse steps, but a rising tide of legal oppression, social harassment and direct physical violence, with Christians as its leading victims. However counter-intuitive it may seem in light of popular stereotypes of Christianity as a powerful and sometimes oppressive social force, Christians today indisputably form the most persecuted religious body on the planet, and too often its new martyrs suffer in silence.” This book looks to shatter that silence.

Author : Thomas K. Johnson
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1666704415
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Protester, the Dissident, and the Christian written by Thomas K. Johnson and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-03-08 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World of Theology Series Thomas K. Johnson: The First Step in Missions Training: How our Neighbors are Wrestling with God's General Revelation Thomas K. Johnson: Christian Ethics in Secular Cultures David Parker: Discerning the Obedience of Faith: A Short Histo- ry of the World Evangelical Alliance Theological Commission Thomas Schirrmacher (Ed.): William Carey: Theologian - Lin- guist - Social Reformer Thomas Schirrmacher: Advocate of Love - Martin Bucer as Theologian and Pastor Thomas Schirrmacher: Culture of Shame / Culture of Guilt Thomas Schirrmacher: The Koran and the Bible Thomas Schirrmacher (ed.): The Humanisation of Slavery in the Old Testament Jim Harries: New Foundations for Appreciating Africa: Beyond Religious and Secular Deceptions Thomas Schirrmacher: Missio Dei - God's Missional Nature Thomas Schirrmacher: Biblical Foundations for 21st Century World Mission

Author : Edward L. Smither
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 172525381X
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Christian Martyrdom written by Edward L. Smither and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-02-27 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-first-century Christians in the West crave comfort, affluence, freedom from pain, and even power. However, the story of global Christianity—from Christ, the early church, right up to the present day—has been shaped by suffering and even martyrdom. In this short book Edward Smither explores martyrdom both biblically and historically. He defends three claims: in martyrdom we verbally bear witness to Christ, we raise a prophetic voice, and we worship. Christians today, argues Smither, especially those in the West, should welcome suffering and martyrdom as a normal part of the Christian life.

Author : Rausch, SJ, Thomas P.
Publisher : Orbis Books
ISBN 13 : 1608338606
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Global Catholicism written by Rausch, SJ, Thomas P. and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2021-02-17 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A critical analysis of the Catholic Churches around the world by areas (North America, Latin America, Africa, Asia, the Pacific, Europe), with attention to their origins, internal challenges, and external pressures"--

Author : Pierre Berthoud
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498235700
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Reformation written by Pierre Berthoud and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2017-09-07 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The papers in this volume are less a commemoration of the Reformation than a discussion of its meaning in the era after 2017. What is celebrated in 2017 is not the Reformation as such, but the beginning of the Reformation. It was the dynamics of the "new" theology of Luther and Calvin that caused a radical change with global effects. Reformation is not just an historical event but an ongoing movement of renewal and change. The message of the Reformation constantly challenges us to think through positions, actions, attitudes, and programs. This book presents contributions from eleven experts from all over Europe, who deal with their various topics on the conviction that the essence of Luther's theology does not need to be adapted to make it relevant. The papers originated at the 2016 conference of the Fellowship of European Evangelical Theologians, which was held in Lutherstadt Wittenberg.

Author : Larry Miller
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1666719595
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Let Mutual Love Continue written by Larry Miller and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-06-10 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Global Christian Forum brings together the widest variety of global church families as an open space to foster mutual respect and address common challenges. Its Third Global Gathering of leaders took place in Bogota, Colombia in April 2018, at a time of increasing diversity and change in global Christianity. This book contains the papers, perspectives, and prayers from this significant event.

Author : Catharina Rachik
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110561573
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Concept of Human Rights in Judaism, Christianity and Islam written by Catharina Rachik and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2022-12-05 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second volume of the series "Key Concepts in Interreligious Discourses" points out the roots of the concept of ''human rights'' in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. It shows how far the universal validity of ''human rights'' opposes in some crucial points with religious traditions. The volume demonstrates that new perspectives are introduced to the general discussion about human rights when related to religious traditions. Especially the interreligious viewpoint proves that a new kind of debate about human rights and its history is necessary.