martyrs
Earth martyrs
Elizabeth O’Donnell Gandolfo makes readers question the depth of their own commitment to righteousness.
The White Rose movement in graphic novel form
Andrea Ciponte has found an ideal genre for telling the Scholl siblings’ story.
Take & read: Global Christianity
New books that are shaping discussions about global Christianity
Selected by Philip Jenkins
Christian martyrs in orange jumpsuits
The 21 men murdered in 2015 will be remembered long after the era of ISIL is forgotten.
The martyrs of Debre Libanos
Under Mussolini, Christian soldiers obeyed orders to target the Ethiopian church.
Martyrs
ISIS’s primary targets remain Muslims it views as apostate. But a new generation of Christian martyrs is arising as well.
How martyrs are made: Stories of the faithful
One of the teenagers killed in Colorado’s Columbine High School shootings in 1999 was Cassie Bernall. Soon after her murder, reports emerged about how one of the shooters had found Bernall under a table, pointed a gun at her head and asked, “Do you believe in God?” She said yes and was promptly shot.Within weeks of that event I heard a sermon at an Episcopal church praising Bernall’s witness and urging Christians to imitate her faithfulness. Prognosticators predicted another Great Awakening in American life sparked by Bernall’s martyrdom.