Under Caesar's Sword Summary

The worldwide research project named “Under Caesar’s Sword” has moved their findings forward that Christians are being persecuted globally. The report, which is the summary of the project, also states persecution towards Christians is an ongoing occurrence and disgraceful in nature. The report was authored by 17 Christian scholars all over the world. They studied how Christians were put under extreme persecution in 25 countries. The Under-Caesar’s Sword project was financially supported by a sum of $1.1 million by Templeton Religious Trust. The money was granted to the Religious Freedom Project of Georgetown University and to the University of Notre Dame. The Berkeley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs affiliated to Georgetown University …show more content…
The list of state actors includes Islamists, religious nationalists, secular regimes and Communists. The list of non-state actors includes violent religious people. It was found that Christians are the most targeted religious community, suffering terrible persecutions globally, the focus on this religious group. In 2015, 7100 Christians died for the sake of their religious faith, among them 21 Coptic Christians, men who were beheaded in Libya by individuals belonging to the Islamic State. At least 60 percent of the cases of global religious persecution and 80 percent of all acts of religious discrimination are aimed at Christians. The worst places for Christians is Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, and Pakistan. According to the study, Christians respond to persecution in three ways: first, with strategies of survival aimed at preservation of life and activity in communities; second, with strategies of association through building ties with others; third, with strategies of confrontation where the persecution is openly challenged, or one’s faith is maintained while accepting the possibility of