This volume examines what it means to live as a Christian minority: both in non-Christian societies and in societies where other forms of Christianity are predominant. Many Christians live in states where other religions have historically influenced national identities, or where secularism defines communal expectations. At the same time, some Christian minorities live among other, more prevalent Christian traditions and often experience marginalization as a result. This volume provides insight into the experiences of the many contemporary Christian communities throughout the world and how they are responding to their varied societal circumstances.
David Emmanuel Singh is research tutor at the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies in the United Kingdom.
Introduction David Emmanuel Singh Part 1: Transforming States & Christian Experience Chapter 1: Sabotage, Violence and Distraction Since the Adoption of the Citizenship Amendment Act in India David Emmanuel Singh Chapter 2: Chinese Christians and Post-Maoist Polities Michel Chambon Chapter 3: Christians as a Religious Minority in Modern Islamising Pakistan Farhana A. Nazir Chapter 4: Christians in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines: The Minority-Majority Experience Peter G. Riddell & Amos Sukamto Chapter 5: The Impact of Velayat-E Faqih on Iranian Christians in the Post-Revolution Iran Michael Nazir-Ali & Amir S Bazmjou Part 2:Christian Minority Responses Chapter 6: From Retreat to Social Engagement: The Dynamics of Marginalization among Pentecostal-Catholic Relationships in Rural El Salvador Ronald T Bueno & James G Huff Jr. Chapter 7: What Then shall we Say? Responses of Tibetan Christians to Victimization in Time of Heightening Sinicization Gangri "Philip" Gobu Chapter 8: As in Heaven, so on Earth? A Response to a Dominant Religious Ideology from a Mizo Christian Tribal Perspective Marina Ngursangzeli Behera Chapter 9: Fear and Inwardness: An Examination of the Responses of Church of Pakistan and Full Gospel Assemblies Churches in Modern Pakistan Gloria Calib Chapter 10: Christian-Muslim Dialogue as Socio-Political Action in Egypt Toby Kan & Henrik Lindberg Hansen Chapter 11: Living as Followers of Jesus in Disfavored Communities: Perspectives from the Northern Nigerian Context Uchenna D. Anyanwu PART 3:States & Christian Majority Chapter 12: Persecution in a Land of Religious Freedom: The Jehovah's Witnesses' Experience in Malawi 1964-93 Klaus Fiedler and Kenneth R. Ross Chapter 13: Rehashing the Alliances of Throne and Altar: On the Instrumentalization of Religion in Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe and Building Resilience Pavol Bargar Chapter 14: The Romanian Orthodox Church and the Evangelicals: Conflicts and Collaborations Cristian-Sebatian Sonea & Teofil Stanciu Chapter 15: Christianity in Kenya: When would be Liberators are Marginalized in a Country they are a Majoirty Oliver Simiyu Kisaka Chapter 16: Orthodox Christianity in Ethiopia: The Shifting Influence of a Religious Majority Ralph Lee Chapter 17: Between Politics and Religion in Eastern Europe: Eastern Orthodoxy, State, and Religions in Contemporary Bulgaria Valentin Kozhuharov
