Responses to persecution : research in progress

The Department of Politics and International Relations at Taylor University, Indiana, USA, has initiated a research project analyzing responses to persecution by Christians in eleven Asian, Middle Eastern and African countries. The research will specifically analyze responses to persecution through understanding the following: what forms does persecution take? What responses has the church made to these acts? How have these responses impacted on the persecution? How does the persecution impact on the church's theology? In what ways does the church being persecuted receive support from Christians living in other parts of the world?