Their Blood Cries Out
Subtitle: The Untold Story of Persecution Against Christians in the Modern World
By: by Paul Marshall ; with Lela Gilbert.
Contributors: Gilbert, Lela.
Publisher: Word Publishing
Published: February 21, 1997
Place of publication: Dallas
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780849940200
Subjects: Christian martyrs.; Persecution.; Church history.
Description: Today more than 200 million Christians around the world suffer imprisonment, abuse and even death because of their faith. Yet most Americans never hear their stories. In Their Blood Cries Out, Paul Marshall reveals the reality of this present-day persecution, revealing what we can do to help these brothers and sisters in Christ.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-321) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface and Acknowledgements; title: Introduction; label: Part One:
title: An International Lament; label: Chapter One:
title: A Worldwide Plague; title: The Place of Christianity in the World; title: The Role of Christians in the Modern World; label: Chapter Two:
title: The Advancing Jihad; title: Islam: From Toleration to Terror; title: Sudan - Islamic Enslavement; title: A Haven for Terrorists; title: War Without End; title: Islam's Relentless Crusade; title: Death in the Nuba Mountains; title: Turning a Blind Eye; title: Iran - Heart and Soul of Islam; title: "Besieged and Oppressed by Christianity..."; title: Persecution, Repression, and Discrimination; title: Iran's Religious Apartheid; title: One Christian Family's Ordeal; title: Saudi Arabia - 100 Percent Islamic; title: The Plight of Expatriate Christians; title: Disregard for Human Rights; title: Christians Under a Death Sentence; title: Pakistan - Islam and Blasphemy; title: Pakistan's Blasphemy Law; title: Christians and "Communal Cleansing"; title: Egypt - Islamic Ridicule and Rape; title: The Copts' Historic Struggle; title: Sharia and Bloodshed; title: From Absurd to Outrageous; title: The Words of the Prophet; label: Chapter Three:
title: Islam: Fear, Friction, and Fragmentation; title: Islam's Second Class Citizens; title: The Risk of Apostasy; title: Militant Islam; title: Types of Islamic Countries; title: The Fear Zones: Algeria, Morocco, Turkey, Kuwait, Brunei, Other Exclusively Islamic States; title: The Friction Zones: Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia; title: The Fragmented Zones: East Timor, Philippines, West Africa, East Africa, Central Asia, Nagorno Karabakh; label: Chapter Four:
title: Communism's Continuing Grip; title: China, Vietnam, Cuba, North Korea; label: Chapter Five:
title: Forgotten Outcastes; title: India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Mongolia, Bhutan, Cambodia; label: Chapter Six:
title: Christian vs. Christian; title: The History of Orthodoxy; title: The Russian Orthodox Church Under Communism; title: Russia Since the Fall of Communism; title: Eastern Europe, Greece, Armenia, Ethiopia; title: Protestants in Eastern Europe; title: Roman Catholicism; title: Eastern Europe, Latin America, Mexico; label: Part Two:
title: American Apathy; label: Chapter Seven:
title: Peace at Any Price; title: The Pain and the Puzzle; title: Seeking Inner Peace: The Evangelicals; title: Peace and Comfort; title: God and America; title: In Search of Armageddon; title: The Great Escape; title: Dueling For Dollars; title: Seeking Outer Peace: The Mainline Churches; title: Peace with Communism; title: Present Peacemaking; title: Peace with the Status Quo; title: Seeking International Peace: The World Council of Churches; title: Peace with the Soviet Union; title: Peace with the KGB; title: Peace with China and Islam; title: The Catholic Bishops and the American Muslim Council; title: The End of False Peace; label: Chapter Eight:
title: Western Secularists: A Deafening Silence; title: Myopic Media; title: Academic Apologists; title: Cultural Contradictions; title: Anthropological Animosities; title: Parochial Politics; title: Hidebound Human Rights; title: Sidestepping Slavery; title: Human-Rights Organizations; title: Ears that Cannot Hear; label: Chapter Nine:
title: Forging a Way Ahead; title: Why This Issue?; title: Support, Not "Crusades"; title: The Dangers of Stereotypes; title: Guidelines for Dialogue; title: Churches; title: Secular Organizations; title: Government; label: Appendix A:
title: U.S. Offices of Groups Fighting Religious Persecution; label: Appendix B:
title: Selections from the "Statement of Conscience of the National Association of Evangelicals"; label: Appendix C:
title: The Meaning of Religious Freedom; label: Appendix D:
title: The Meaning of Terms and Numbers; label: Appendix E:
title: Spreading the Faith; label: Appendix F:
title: A Brief History of Orthodoxy; label: Appendix G:
title: Christianity in Soviet Russia; title: Endnotes; title: Index