Freedom of Belief & Christian Mission: 28 (Regnum Edinburgh Centenary)

Christian mission takes place in a world with increasing interreligious tensions including violence and persecution. Politics economics religion ethnicity and other factors play a role in these tensions. Christians too are involved in such conflicts sometimes as those who are persecuted and sometimes as those participating in violence. Freedom of Religion and Belief is a core value in the UN Human Rights Declaration. It is also a core biblical value. Obstacles to and attacks on freedom of belief are therefore a central concern for witnessing to Christ. The purpose of this volume Freedom of Belief and Christian Mission is to bring to public attention a broad overview of the history development and perspectives of the role of mission and freedom of belief and to reflect on these issues within a context of authentic witness in mission.