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When Christians Face Persecution: Theological Perspectives from the New Testament
When Christians Face Persecution: Theological Perspectives from the New Testament
When Christians Face Persecution: Theological Perspectives from the New Testament
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What does the bible say about persecution of Christians?

Many New Testament studies focus on persevering in faith to the end and responding even to perpetrators of persecution with love and forgiveness. Yet while there are unifying principles, the New Testament is filled with a range of experiences of and reflections on Christian persecution - texts that it is crucial to engage with in order to fully appreciate the bewildering array of experience and strongly held viewpoints amongst believers today.

In When Christians Face Persecution, Chee-Chiew Lee explores the New Testament authors' theological understanding of persecution. She offers a thorough look at the biblical foundations, covering their responses to early Christian persecution, their evaluation of these responses, and how they encourage or persuade their recipients to persevere in their faith.

Lee also brings these writings together to offer an integrated theology of facing persecution, reflecting on how the understanding of early Christian writers can be applied to the persecution of Christians today.

When Christians Face Persecution is a valuable study that will enrich your knowledge of biblical teaching on persecution, and its continued relevance in the twenty-first century. It offers engaging theological synthesis as well as contextual reflection, and it invites you to a deeper understanding of the breadth of theological perspectives contained with the New Testament.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherApollos
Release dateFeb 17, 2022
ISBN9781789742695
When Christians Face Persecution: Theological Perspectives from the New Testament
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Chee-Chiew Lee

Chee-Chiew Lee is Associate Professor of New Testament and Senior Director of Programme Development and Advanced Studies at Singapore Bible College, and is a Graduate of the Langham Scholars Programme. As well as When Christians Face Persecution she is the author of The Blessing of Abraham, the Spirit, and Justification in Galatians (Pickwick), and other textbooks in Chinese for seminary students and pastors.

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