Foreword: Rt Rev Dr Benjamin Kwashi Anglican Bishop of the Diocese in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.

Introduction: Baroness Caroline Cox

Part one: Asia

1. A modern-day child martyr

2. Peace like a river

3. Love like an ocean

4. Mystery - not misery

5. Paying the ultimate price

Part two: Communist Asia

1. Faithful unto death

2. A new martyr for a new millennium

3. Finding Christ in a human hell

4. Known to God

Part three: The Soviet Era

1. The high price of revolution

2. Suffering - a Soviet family's inheritance

3. Holding fast to faith

4. Karabakh, keeping the faith in a struggle for survival

5. Murdered or martyred?

Part four: Africa

1. Nigeria, a frontline of faith & freedom

2. Martyred friends

3. The price of faith under militant Islam

4. Sudan: cathedral under a tamarind tree

5. Uganda - an African crucible

Part five: The Americas

1. Killed in action

Part six: Middle East

1. Saudi Arabia -- reviled, persecuted ... blessed

2. Iraq- past affliction and uncertain future

3. The fruit of persecution in Israel

4. Iran's saints & martyrs: A faithful remnant

Part seven: Europe

1. Obedient to God under Nazi persecution

2. Eastern Europe's giants against injustice

3. Persecution enters a new era

4. Persecution in Britain - the price of conversion to Christianity from Islam in contemporary Britain

Epilogue: T.S. Eliot, Choruses from 'the Rock', VI

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Stories from around the world, particularly from areas of Christian persecution or conflict zones. Today over 250 million Christians are suffering persecution, while tens of thousands are martyred every year.

About the Author

Baroness (Caroline) Cox was created a Life Peer in 1982 for her contributions to education and has served as a Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords from 1985 to 2005. Lady Cox now sits in the Lords as a crossbencher and is a frequent contributor to Lords debates on Sudan, India, Nigeria, Uganda, and Burma. She is the Chief Executive of HART (Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust); Founder Chancellor of Bournemouth University, 1991-2001 and now Chancellor of Liverpool Hope University and Vice President of the Royal College of Nursing. She was a non-executive director of the Siberian Medical University and a founder Trustee of MERLIN (Medical Emergency Relief International). Lady Cox is the Chairman of the Executive Board of the International Islamic Christian Organisation for Reconciliation and Reconstruction (IICORR), a charity which promotes stronger relationships between Muslims and Christians. She is the chairperson of the British Armenia All-Party Parliamentary Group and the vice chairperson of the UK North Korea All-Party Parliamentary Group. In recognition of her work in the international humanitarian and human rights arenas over the past twenty years, she had been awarded the Commander Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland; the prestigious Wilberforce Award; the International Mother Teresa Award from the All India Christian Council; the Mkhitar Gosh Medal conferred by the President of the Republic of Armenia; and the anniversary medal presented by Lech Walesa, the former President of Poland, at the 25th anniversary of the Polish Solidarity Movement. Lady Cox has also been awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and Honorary Doctorates by universities in the United Kingdom, the United States of America, the Russian Federation and Armenia. Baroness Cox's humanitarian aid work has taken her on many missions to conflict zones, allowing her to obtain first hand evidence of the human rights violations and humanitarian needs.

Reviews

'The full text of Mehdi Dibaj's defence testimony is included.' ~ Catherine Butcher, Christianity, 2006
*Catherine Butcher*

"...The stories in this collection will be a useful resource to share with those, whether student or not, who struggle with faith: What does it mean? How is it lived? Is God to be trusted? Where are there credible models of faith? Its compelling nature will resonate with young people who seek vital and vibrant role models that confirm and stir up their own idealism. The stories, uneven in length and detail, organized by global regions, describe ordinary people involved in extraordinary actions—on behalf of a faith community—supported often only by faith. Cox tells the stories because she believes that all Christians are called to the same level of commitment." —Ruth Poochigian, Catholic Books Review, 2007
*Ruth Poochigian*

Article on Barbara Cox in The Church of England Newspaper June 2 2006. 'There are few people more qualified to write such a book' Matt Cresswell - The Church of England Newspaper June 2 2006
*Matt Creswell*

'Her book poses perhaps the key question of our age, or of any age: where can we find a peace which the troubles of this world cannot destroy? And the answer it seems, paradoxically, is very often in the middle of those troubles.' Nick Wyke, The Times, 14/10/2006
*Times*

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