PublishedRider, November 2012 |
ISBN9781846042768 |
FormatSoftcover, 320 pages |
Dimensions23.4cm × 15.2cm × 2.4cm |
world, in East Timor, Burma, Egypt, China, Iran, and many other countries. The reason we don't hear much about them, says the author, is the fear of giving offence; the fact young Christians don't become radicalised; and persecuted Christians tend not to respond with violence.
Yet Christians are persecuted in greater numbers than any other global religious body, and this fact is severely under-recognised. Why are faiths now so associated with violent conflict? Why has the communications revolution had a deeper impact on Islam than on Christianity? Why is there a tendency to associate Christianity with the West, and with overt/covert forms of colonialism?
