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Freedom of Belief and Christian Mission, written by Hans Aage Gravaas, Christof Sauer, Tormod Engelsviken and Knud Jorgensen

Freedom of Belief and Christian Mission, written by Hans Aage Gravaas, Christof Sauer, Tormod... Freedom of Belief and Christian Mission, Regnum Edinburgh Centenary Series 26. Oxford: Regnum Books, 2015. Pp. xxi + 494, £ 32.39.The Edinburgh 1910 Conference was celebrated in 2010 by “representatives of world Christianity, including Catholic, Orthodox, Evangelical, Pentecostal, and other major Protestant churches.” This world missionary event led to the publication of ‘The Regnum Edinburgh Centenary Series’. Freedom of Belief and Christian Mission (No. 28) is within this framework.The book discusses freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) in its various aspects such as international legislation or the right to missionary activities. The book underlines the world’s trend for religion to be politicized resulting in political polarization and social divide. However, it also points out the biblical way to resolve the dividing issues from a Christian perspective; which is love and the willingness to suffer and even die for Jesus’ cause as part of the Christian’s mission. In addition, religious tolerance is advocated with the argument that religious freedom is a universal human right in a practical sense, derived from the equal inherent human dignity of all human beings. The book also underlines the fact that human rights’ international laws related to FoRB are yet to be applied around the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Mission Studies Brill

Freedom of Belief and Christian Mission, written by Hans Aage Gravaas, Christof Sauer, Tormod Engelsviken and Knud Jorgensen

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Mission Studies , Volume 34 (3): 2 – Oct 9, 2017
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Freedom of Belief and Christian Mission, Regnum Edinburgh Centenary Series 26. Oxford: Regnum Books, 2015. Pp. xxi + 494, £ 32.39.The Edinburgh 1910 Conference was celebrated in 2010 by “representatives of world Christianity, including Catholic, Orthodox, Evangelical, Pentecostal, and other major Protestant churches.” This world missionary event led to the publication of ‘The Regnum Edinburgh Centenary Series’. Freedom of Belief and Christian Mission (No. 28) is within this framework.The book discusses freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) in its various aspects such as international legislation or the right to missionary activities. The book underlines the world’s trend for religion to be politicized resulting in political polarization and social divide. However, it also points out the biblical way to resolve the dividing issues from a Christian perspective; which is love and the willingness to suffer and even die for Jesus’ cause as part of the Christian’s mission. In addition, religious tolerance is advocated with the argument that religious freedom is a universal human right in a practical sense, derived from the equal inherent human dignity of all human beings. The book also underlines the fact that human rights’ international laws related to FoRB are yet to be applied around the

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