Traditional Religions and Nationalism

Every year a number of Christian missionaries and ordinary believers are killed for their faith throughout Asia. The total in the past century is estimated at forty-five million, undoubtedly more than the total killed during the preceding nineteen centuries of church history. Revivals of traditional religions are occurring all over Asia but few countries have gone the route of Iran where a religious revival of Islam actually toppled the state. Secular humanists are in firm control of most Asian governments and many traditional religious leaders miss the power they once exercised.