Jason Bruner

Imagining Persecution

Why American Christians Believe There Is a Global War Against Their Faith

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Produktbeschreibung

Many American Christians believe they belong to the most persecuted religious community in the world. This book provides a historical account of this way of imagining the world, evaluating the evidence used to support it, and reflecting upon its religious and political implications.  

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 4g
• ISBN-13: 9781978816824
• ISBN-10: 1978816820
• Artikelnr.: 59999352

Autorenporträt

JASON BRUNER is an associate professor of global Christianity in the School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies at Arizona State University in Tempe. He is author of Living Salvation in the East African Revival in Uganda.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
 
Preface
1. Coming to Terms: Christians, Martyrs, and Persecution
2. Christians, Martyrdom, and Persecution from the New Testament to the
Reformation
3. Religious Persecution and American Christianity
4. A Global War on Christians?
5. The Global Politics of the Suffering Body of Christ
 
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index