Christianity and Freedom: Volume 2, Contemporary Perspectives Hertzke Shah

Christianity and Freedom: Volume 2, Contemporary PerspectivesAuthor(s): Allen D. Hertzke, Timothy Samuel Shah\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781107561885, 978-1107561885\nSynopsis\nVolume 2 of Christianity and Freedom illuminates how Christian minorities and transnational Christian networks contribute to the freedom and flourishing of societies across the globe, even amidst pressure and violent persecution. Featuring unprecedented field research by some of the world's most distinguished scholars, it documents the outsized role of Christians in promoting human rights and religious freedom; fighting injustice; stimulating economic equality; providing education, social services, and health care; and nurturing democratic civil society. Readers will come away surprised and sobered to learn how this very Christian link to freedom often invites persecution. What are the dimensions of persecution and h.