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Summary:

"Many American Christians have come to understand their relationship to other Christian denominations and traditions through the lens of religious persecution. This book provides a historical account of these developments, showing the global, theological, and political changes that made it possible for contemporary Christians to claim that there is a global war on Christians. This book, however, does not advocate on behalf of particular repressed Christian communities, nor does it argue for the genuineness (or lack thereof) of certain Christians' claims of persecution. Instead, this book is the first to examine the idea that there is a "global war on Christians" and its analytical implications. It does so by giving a concise history of the categories (like "martyrs"), evidence (statistics and metrics), and theologies that have come together to produce a global Christian imagination premised upon the notion of shared suffering for one's faith. The purpose in doing so is not to deny certain instances of suffering or death; rather, it is to reflect upon the consequences for thinking about religious violence and Christianity worldwide using terms such as a "global war on Christians.""-- [Provided by publisher]

Author/Creator:

Bruner, Jason , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Imagining persecution: why American Christians believe there is a global war against their faith [by Bruner, J.]

Subjects:

Persecution

Church history — 21st century

Christians — United States — Attitudes

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Call Numbers:

BR1601.3 .B78 2021eb

ISBNs:

9781978816831 (electronic bk.)
1978816839 (electronic bk.)
9781978816817 [Invalid]
1978816812 [Invalid]
9781978816824 [Invalid]
1978816820 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1233251536

Other Control Numbers:

EBC6463330 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp17005973