New Movie Spotlights Christian Persecution – Too Late for Mideast (Column)
By Martin Roth, BosNewsLife Senior Columnist
TOKYO, JAPAN (BosNewsLife Columns)-- A forthcoming film from famed director Martin Scorsese is set to confront the movie-going public with the persecution of Christians. It's “Silence,” based on the celebrated 1966 historical novel by Japanese Christian writer Shusaku Endo, who was nominated for the Nobel Prize.
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Director Scorsese Reveals Persecution Of Japanese Christians In New Movie
By Martin Roth, BosNewsLife Senior Correspondent
TOKYO/TAIPEI (BosNewsLife)-- Renowned movie director Martin Scorsese has released initial details of his forthcoming movie “Silence,” about the persecution of Japanese Christians in the 17th century, and God’s perceived silence in suffering.
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NEWS ALERT: Christian Aid Groups Rush To Earthquake Stricken Japan Amid Fears Of Nuclear...
By BosNewsLife Asia Service with Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
TOKYO/NEW DELHI (BosNewsLife)-- America's largest Christian aid and evangelistic groups are among those rushing to Japan after Japanese churches appealed for help amid fears of a major nuclear disaster and further aftershocks in a country already coping with the aftermath of its strongest earthquake on record and subsequent tsunami.
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BREAKING NEWS: Japan Christians Search For Missing Amid Nuclear Crisis
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
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Japan Halts Refugee Protection For Bangladesh Evangelist
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
OKINAWA, JAPAN (BosNewsLife) – Japan has declined the refugee status of a Christian evangelist who fled his...