Hi Billy, On Jun 23, 2014, at 1:52 PM, BILROJ via Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> wrote:
> A second, somewhat reassuring awareness prompted by the books, however, is to > realize that many others have been paying attention. A few academics like > Daniel Philpott, Timothy Samuel Shah, and Monica Duffy Toft are commended by > both authors for their careful studies of religion, violence, and political > systems.[4] But mostly that work is being carried out by self-sacrificing ad > hoc agencies--including Aid to the Church in Need, Barnabas Aid, the Catholic > Near East Welfare Association, the Centre for the Study of World > Christianity, Christian Freedom International, and Christian Solidarity > Worldwide--which have been faithfully documenting such abuses (and also > abuses against members of other religions) for a long time. The situation is still horrific. But I do think the church is becoming much more aware of these issues. Like human trafficking a decade ago, it takes time for these atrocities to seep into mass consciousness. It is happening, if slowly... Ernie -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
