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ISBN:
9781316408643
Series Statement:
Christianity and freedom Volume 2
Content:
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.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Feb 2016)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107124721
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107561885
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Christianity and freedom ; Volume 2: Contemporary perspectives New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2016 ISBN 9781107124721
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107561885
Language:
English
Keywords:
Christentum
;
Freiheit
;
Zeitfragen
;
Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781316408643
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