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All too often, missions have been narrowly defined as evangelism or
at best, extending to practical, physical social action such as
medical mission or education. On the Side of the Angels argues that
human rights and justice need to be reclaimed by evangelical
Christians and that human rights work should be seen as central to
Kingdom mission, not just regarded as a secondary activity and
labeled "political. "The book draws on the authors first-hand
experiences of places of persecution and oppression, including
Burma, East Timor and India, along with their work of advocacy in
the United States, United Kingdom, European Union, United Nations
and other forums. Its chapters include examining the biblical basis
for activism, real-life stories of crimes against humanity,
religious persecution, torture, discrimination and injustice.
Concrete examples of how to do advocacy and inspiring examples of
great Christian human rights activists, past and present, will
motivate and challenge readers to be advocates of God?'s love and
justice.
This is a powerful and inspirational challenge to the Western
Church to take the systematic, symbolic and comprehensive attacks
on Christians of all denominations around the world seriously. 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.
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