The Global War on Christians
Dispatches from the Front Lines of Anti-Christian Persecution
John L. Allen Jr.
- One
- of
- the
- most
- respected
- journalists
- in
- the
- United
- States
- and
- the
- bestselling
- author
- of
- The
- Future
- Church
- uses
- his
- unparalleled
- knowledge
- of
- world
- affairs
- and
- religious
- insight
- to
- investigate
- the
- troubling
- worldwide
- persecution
- of
- Christians.From
- Iraq
- and
- Egypt
- to
- Sudan
- and
- Nigeria,
- from
- Indonesia
- to
- the
- Indian
- subcontinent,
- Christians
- in
- the
- early
- 21st
- century
- are
- the
- world's
- most
- persecuted
- religious
- group.
- According
- to
- the
- secular
- International
- Society
- for
- Human
- Rights,
- 80
- percent
- of
- violations
- of
- religious
- freedom
- in
- the
- world
- today
- are
- directed
- against
- Christians.
- In
- effect,
- our
- era
- is
- witnessing
- the
- rise
- of
- a
- new
- generation
- of
- martyrs.
- Underlying
- the
- global
- war
- on
- Christians
- is
- the
- demographic
- reality
- that
- more
- than
- two-thirds
- of
- the
- world's
- 2.3
- billion
- Christians
- now
- live
- outside
- the
- West,
- often
- as
- a
- beleaguered
- minority
- up
- against
- a
- hostile
- majority--
- whether
- it's
- Islamic
- fundamentalism
- in
- the
- Middle
- East
- and
- parts
- of
- Africa
- and
- Asia,
- Hindu
- radicalism
- in
- India,
- or
- state-imposed
- atheism
- in
- China
- and
- North
- Korea.
- In
- Europe
- and
- North
- America,
- Christians
- face
- political
- and
- legal
- challenges
- to
- religious
- freedom.
- Allen
- exposes
- the
- deadly
- threats
- and
- offers
- investigative
- insight
- into
- what
- is
- and
- can
- be
- done
- to
- stop
- these
- atrocities.“This
- book
- is
- about
- the
- most
- dramatic
- religion
- story
- of
- the
- early
- 21st
- century,
- yet
- one
- that
- most
- people
- in
- the
- West
- have
- little
- idea
- is
- even
- happening:
- The
- global
- war
- on
- Christians,”
- writes
- John
- Allen.
- “We’re
- not
- talking
- about
- a
- metaphorical
- ‘war
- on
- religion’
- in
- Europe
- and
- the
- United
- States,
- fought
- on
- symbolic
- terrain
- such
- as
- whether
- it’s
- okay
- to
- erect
- a
- nativity
- set
- on
- the
- courthouse
- steps,
- but
- a
- rising
- tide
- of
- legal
- oppression,
- social
- harassment
- and
- direct
- physical
- violence,
- with
- Christians
- as
- its
- leading
- victims.
- However
- counter-intuitive
- it
- may
- seem
- in
- light
- of
- popular
- stereotypes
- of
- Christianity
- as
- a
- powerful
- and
- sometimes
- oppressive
- social
- force,
- Christians
- today
- indisputably
- form
- the
- most
- persecuted
- religious
- body
- on
- the
- planet,
- and
- too
- often
- its
- new
- martyrs
- suffer
- in
- silence.”This
- book
- looks
- to
- shatter
- that silence.
