In the Lion's Den: A Shocking Account of Persecuted and Martyrdom of Christians Today and How We Should Respond [Paperback]

Nina Shea (Author), Ravi Zacharias (Afterword), Chuck Colson (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1997

Nina Shea contends that more Christians have died for their faith in the 20th century than in the previous 19 centuries combined. She shows what's happening, where it's happening, and what American's Christians must do to stop it.

Product Details

• Paperback: 125 pages
• Publisher: Broadman & Holman Publishers; 1st Edition/1st Printing edition (January 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0805463577
• ISBN-13: 978-0805463576
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #459,751 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Tales of modern Christian martyrdom and persecution, May 1, 2000

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Tim Drake "Author and Journalist" (Saint Joseph, Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: In the Lion's Den: A Shocking Account of Persecuted and Martyrdom of Christians Today and How We Should Respond (Paperback)

Nina Shea delivers a powerful book that should be used by the U.S. government in investigating issues of religious persecution and human rights abuses worldwide.

Shea examines abuses against both Catholic Christians and Protestant Christians (unlike the Paul Marshall book Their Blood Cries Out) comitted primarily in the countries of China, Sudan, Pakistan, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Egypt, Nigeria, Cuba, Laos, and Uzbekistan.

Published in 1997, Shea could no doubt write a companion volume based on the persecution and death of Christians in the years since.

The book offers some excellent resolutions and calls for ways that Christians can respond to the persecution and help.

This is an important book that has received far less attention that it ought.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good overview of Christian persecution, October 10, 1998

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This review is from: In the Lion's Den: A Shocking Account of Persecuted and Martyrdom of Christians Today and How We Should Respond (Paperback)

Good overview of the current situation of the persecution of Christians around the world. Somewhat lacking in specific examples.

7 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Christians- The most persecuted group in the world now!!, May 2, 2001

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R. Setliff - See all my reviews
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This review is from: In the Lion's Den: A Shocking Account of Persecuted and Martyrdom of Christians Today and How We Should Respond (Paperback)

An insightful and powerful book addressing Christian persecution throughout the world. Shea declares that more Christians have died for their faith in the 19th and 20th century than throughout the whole of history.

I do think this book could be ammended... It deals priamrily more with abuses in Islamic and Asian countries. Stalin's purges were specifically targeted at some Christians. Moreover, Christians endure a hostile media environment in America and Europe that no other group seems to be subject to.