The Very Stones Cry Out The Persecuted Church: Pain, Passion and Praise

by Cox, Caroline; Rogers, Benedict

• ISBN13: 9780826442727
• ISBN10: 0826442722
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-11-17
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

That Christians are persecuted in various parts of the world is well-known. Less often documented are the violent, systematic attacks on churches and holy sites. Part of an historic process, places of Christian worship have been destroyed over the centuries, from the middle ages through the Armenian genocide and the assaults on Christians in the Middle East and Turkey through to the present day. This book focuses on the continuing attacks on Christian communities in many parts of the world today. Baroness Cox presents graphic photographs and survivors' accounts as testimony to widespread destruction, and provides powerful documentary evidence of contemporary persecution. This is a powerful challenge to the rest of the Church, and advocates of religious freedom, to take these attacks on Christians of all denominations seriously. She writes, 'no other belief tradition has suffered such sustained assaults - or been so silent about violence perpetrated against its own people.' Though painful, the contents combine to provide a moving celebration of the resilience of the human spirit and the Christian faith.

Author Biography

Baroness (Caroline) Cox is the Chief Executive of HART (Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust). Benedict Rogers is a writer and human rights activist, working with Christian Solidarity Worldwide.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Burma: Mystery Not Misery	p. 7
China: Labourers for the Harvest	p. 12
Colombia: Bullet-Proof Worship	p. 20
Cuba: Purified by Fire	p. 26
Egypt: Faith Put to the Test	p. 34
India: Caste and Creed - Complexity and Challenge	p. 41
Indonesia: Martyrs and Miracles	p. 46
Iran: 'We Will Not Deny Our Faith' - by Mark Bradley	p. 56
Iraq: People in The Fire - by Canon Andrew White	p. 69
Laos: Amazing Grace	p. 75
Nagorno Karabakh: 'We Must Always Love'	p. 80
Nigeria: Singing in the Ruins	p. 88
North Korea: Faithful Unto Death	p. 97
Pakistan: A Frontier of Faith	p. 104
Sri Lanka: A Crossroad of Faiths	p. 113
Sudan: Smiling Through the Pain	p. 122
Vietnam: Beaten Not Broken	p. 131
Epilogue: The Stones Cry Out - by Jonathan Aitken	p. 138
Footnote on Terminology	p. 145
Notes	p. 146
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