From the Editor: Proselytism and Persecution
Dennis Hoover Sunday, 1 March 2009
Since the end of the Cold War evangelical churches have increasingly focused their missionary efforts on the "10/40 window," a swath of Asia and Africa between latitudes 10 and 40 north in which Christianity is in a distinctly minority position. Over the same time period, Islamic militancy and Hindu radicalism have been on the rise, and most communist and authoritarian governments have continued to resist religious freedom. This combination of elements has, not surprisingly, led to an increase in persecution of Christian missionaries and aid workers. Two high-profile cases in Afghanistan illustrate the new politics of proselytism.
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