Christians facing persecution
External links
- For more about North Korea, look at the Open Doors Lent resource, Live Like a North Korean
- Young-Sik’s story
Note the data on the infographic, pp. 16-17. There is some discussion about how the numbers are arrived at, with the Gordon Conwell Centre for the Study of Global Christianity counting more martyrs than Open Doors. This All-Party Parliamentary Group report explains the different methodologies:
- 2019 commentary on the current state of freedom of religion or belief
- Johnson, T.M. & Zurlo, G.A. (2014) 'Christian Martyrdom as a Pervasive Phenomenon' - abstract and key findings from article in Society 51(6) 679-685
- Pew Research Center: A closer look at how religious restrictions have risen around the world
- Humanists International: Freedom of Thought Report 2019
- UN declaration of human rights (English)
Members only
- The Scorsese film of Shusako Endo’s book, Silence, could be used to open up this theme. Strategies for exploring it can be found in Essential RE: Expressing (RE Today 2017), one of a series of topical films.