Washington Times quotes my number of martyrs
The Washington Times writes the following on the numbers of martyrs per year in its ‘Special on Religious Freedom under Assault’ of September 23, 2015, the day of the Pope’s visit:
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Similar to Edinburgh and Tokyo: Soldiers worshipped as martyrs in Ottawa
In 2011, in two long blog entries, I described my research and opinion on the religious martyr worship of soldiers killed in World War II in Edinburgh and Tokyo. During my travels, I encounter similar phenomena time and again, so also most recently during my inaugural visit to the Canadian Government’s Ambassador for Religious Freedom.
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Japanischer Premier ehrt Kriegsverbrecher
Nach sieben Jahren ist es wieder einmal soweit. Der japanische Premierminister hat unter Protest der USA, Chinas und Koreas den schintoistischen Yasukini-Schrein besucht, in dem neben den toten japanischen Soldaten des Zweiten Weltkrieges ausdrücklich auch […]
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Interviewantworten im ZDF
Das ZDF hat hier drei Auszüge aus meinen Interview in der Dokumentation „Gefährlicher Glaube: 2000 Jahre Christenverfolgung“ (Karfreitag, 29.3.2013, 19:30) wiedergegeben – ich versuche, die Abschrift des Rests zu bekommen. Unter derselben Webadresse findet sich […]
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Three WEA commission publish joint book on persecution of Christians and suffering
(Bonn, 12.11.2012) The three core commissions of World Evangelical Alliance, the Mission Commission, the Theological Commission and the Religious Liberty Commission, have again jointly published a major book project. Under the leadership of the Mission Commission […]
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The Japanese Yasukuni Cult – Soldiers as Martyrs?
Over the course of my research on the glorification of soldiers, revolutionaries, and terrorists as saints or martyrs in various religions, I have visited the Yasukuni Shrine in the heart of the city.
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A response to the high counts of Christian martyrs per year
For many years one number has been provided every year to report on the annual number of Christian martyrs. This is provided by the “Status of Global Mission.” The number is quoted by various institutions […]