Kresta in the Afternoon – May 15, 2018 – Hour 1
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+ Violence against Christians Continues in Nigeria
- Description: Two recent massacres of Christians by the Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria left a total of nearly 80 dead, bringing the total death toll to the year into the hundreds. It is believed that Christian deaths at the hands of the Fulani now outnumber Boko Haram, one of the world's most infamous terrorist groups. When Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari visited the White House last month, President Trump urged him to do more to curb the violence. We'll get more from Fr Bob Dowd.
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Fr. Bob Dowd
Fr Bob Dowd is an associate professor at Notre Dame, where he directs the Ford Program in Human Development Studies and Solidarity. He's also a Fellow at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies and the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. His research specializes in African Politics, especially Kenya, Uganda and Nigeria. He is a contributor to the Under Caesar's Sword project.
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Under Caesar’s Sword: How Christians Respond to Persecution
The global persecution of Christians is an urgent human rights issue that remains underreported. This volume presents the results of the first systematic global investigation into how Christians respond to persecution. World-class scholars of global Christianity present first-hand research from most of the sites of the harshest persecution as well as the West and Latin America. Their findings make clear the nature of persecution, the reasons for it, Christian responses to it - both non-violent and confrontational - and the effects of these responses. Motivating the volume is the hope that this knowledge will empower all who would exercise solidarity with the world's persecuted Christians and will offer the victims strategies for a more effective response. This book is written for anyone concerned about the persecution of Christians or more generally about the human right of religious freedom, including scholars, activists, political and religious leaders, and those who work for international organizations. (learn more)
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+ "These Bombs led me to Christ" (2 segments)
- Description: The Napalm Girl is one of the most iconic and chilling photographs ever taken. It shows a young girl shrieking in fear and pain, arms outstretched, a dark cloud of napalm billowing in the background. That girl, Kim Phuc, survived the blast and all these years later can say that the bombs led her to Christ. She joins us.
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Kim Phuc Phan Thi
Kim Phuc is the founder of the Kim Foundation International in Ontario and a UNESCO Goodwill ambassador. She is the author of Fire Road: The Napalm Girl’s Journey through the Horrors of War to Faith, Forgiveness, and Peace. Visit kimfoundation.com.
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Fire Road: The Napalm Girl’s Journey through the Horrors of War to Faith, Forgiveness, and Peace
Get out! Run! We must leave this place! They are going to destroy this whole place! Go, children, run first! Go now! These were the final shouts nine year-old Kim Phuc heard before her world dissolved into flames―before napalm bombs fell from the sky, burning away her clothing and searing deep into her skin. It’s a moment forever captured, an iconic image that has come to define the horror and violence of the Vietnam War. Kim was left for dead in a morgue; no one expected her to survive the attack. Napalm meant fire, and fire meant death. Against all odds, Kim lived―but her journey toward healing was only beginning. When the napalm bombs dropped, everything Kim knew and relied on exploded along with them: her home, her country’s freedom, her childhood innocence and happiness. The coming years would be marked by excruciating treatments for her burns and unrelenting physical pain throughout her body, which were constant reminders of that terrible day. Kim survived the pain of her body ablaze, but how could she possibly survive the pain of her devastated soul? Fire Road is the true story of how she found the answer in a God who suffered Himself; a Savior who truly understood and cared about the depths of her pain. Fire Road is a story of horror and hope, a harrowing tale of a life changed in an instant―and the power and resilience that can only be found in the power of God’s mercy and love. (learn more)
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A Place Of Peace – November 14, 2020