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Persecuted The Global Assault on Christians

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ISBN-10: 1400204410

ISBN-13: 9781400204410

Edition: 2013

Authors: Nina Shea, Lela Gilbert, Nina Shea

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A timely journalistic look inside worldwide Christian persecution. The persecution of Christians is widespread and increasing in many areas. In 2010, the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, the gold standard of contemporary religion statistics, concluded that Christians are the most widely persecuted religious group in the world. In December 2010, the Vatican reported the same conclusion. This timely and well-documented book tells this story well, in a journalistic and lively way, punctuated with compelling stories. Persecuted offers readers an overview of Christian persecution, analyzing patterns of repression, abuse, and violence across the globe. It explores the reasons that specific…    
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Book details

List price: $16.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Incorporated
Publication date: 3/11/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.35" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Lela Gilbert isa Gold Medallion-winning freelance writer/editor ofnbsp;more than sixty books,including the award-winning Blind Spot: When Journalists Don't Get Religion.She is a contributor to the Jerusalem Post, Weekly Standard Online, NationalReview Online, and other publications. She is an adjunct fellow atthenbsp;Hudson Institute and resides in California and Jerusalem.Nina Shea, an international human rights lawyer for thirtyyears, joined the Hudson Institute as a senior fellowin November 2006, where she directs the Center for Religious Freedom. BothRepublican and Democratic administrations have appointed her a US delegate tothe United Nation's main human rights body.

Foreword
The Current State of Affairs
Caesar and God: The Remaining Communist Powers
China
Vietnam
Laos
Cuba
North Korea
Post-Communist Countries: Register, Restrict, and Ruin
Russia
Uzbekistan
Turkmenistan
Azerbaijan
Tajikistan
Belarus
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Armenia and Georgia
South Asia's Christian Outcastes
India
Nepal
Sri Lanka
Bhutan
The Muslim World: A Weight of Repression
Malaysia
Turkey
Area Administered by Turkish Cypriots or Turkish Military in Cyprus
Morocco
Algeria
Jordan
Yemen
Palestinian Territories
The Muslim World: Policies of Persecution
Saudi Arabia
Iran
The Muslim World: Spreading Repression
Egypt
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Sudan
The Muslim World: War and Terrorism
Iraq
Nigeria
Indonesia
Bangladesh
Somalia
Cruel and Usual Abuse
Burma
Ethiopia
Eritrea
A Call to Action
Afterword by Most Reverend Charles J. Chaput, Archbishop of Philadelphia
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
About the Authors