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Hunter, Harold D. ; Robeck, Cecil M., Jr.
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The suffering body : responding to the persecution of Christians $c / edited by Harold D. Hunter and Cecil M. Robeck, Jr.

Waynesboro, GA ; Milton Keynes, UK : Paternoster Press, 2006.

xxii, 228 p. ; 23 cm.

Contents: Persecution, martyrdom, and Christian self-definition in the early church / Helen Rhee. -- A spirit theology of suffering / Keith Warrington. -- An Anabaptist-Mennonite theology of suffering: some features / Thomas Finger. -- Christians and persecution: making an appropriate response / Cecil M. Robeck, Jr. -- The scandal and the glory of the cross / Archbishop John Onaiyekan. -- Persecution of Christians in the Muslim world / Patrick Sookhdeo. -- An Orthodox response to persecution: the situation in the Middle East / Despina D. Prassas. -- Persecution of the Romanian church in the twentieth century: an historical and theological perspective / Ioan F. Tipei.

Contents cont'd: Anatomy of suffering: consequences of persecutions in the past for the church in the post Soviet era / Valdis Teraudkalns. -- Martyria and koinonia: theological reflections on some aspects of the history of Poland / Dariusz Mikolaj Cupial. -- God and Caesar: church and state relationships in communist China / Bob (Xiqiu) Fu. -- Human rights violations and the church in Myanmar / Chin Khua Khai. -- Spiritual foundations for interreligious dialogue and reflection on its present-day practice / Mons. Felix A. Machado.

Persecution.
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Christian martyrs.
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Suffering--Religious aspects--Christianity.
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