Volume 28 - Freedom of Belief & Christian Mission
(Gravaas, Hans Aage, Christof Sauer, Tormod Engelsviken, Maqsood Kamil, and Knud Jorgensen (eds). Oxford: Regnum Books International, 2015.)
Christian mission takes place in a world with increasing interreligious
tensions, including violence and persecution. Politics, economics,
religion, ethnicity and other factors play a role in these tensions.
Christians too are involved in such conflicts, sometimes as those who
are persecuted and sometimes as those participating in violence.
‘Freedom of religion and belief’ is a core value in the UN Human Rights
Declaration. At the same time it is a core biblical value. Obstacles to
and attacks on freedom of belief are therefore a central concern for
witnessing to Christ. The purpose of this volume on Freedom of Belief
and Christian Mission is to bring to public attention a broad overview
on the history, development and perspectives on the role of mission and
freedom of belief and to reflect on these issues within a context of
authentic witness in mission.
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