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Clouds of witnesses : Christian voices from Africa and Asia / Mark A. Noll and Carolyn Nystrom.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Noll, Mark A., 1946-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christian biography--Asia.
- Christian biography.
- Christian biography--Africa.
- Asia--Church history--20th century.
- Asia.
- Africa--Church history--20th century.
- Africa.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Books, [2011]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In seventeen narratives Mark Noll and Carolyn Nystrom introduce Christian leaders in Africa and Asia who had tenacious faith in the midst of deprivation, suffering and conflict. Spanning a century, from the 1880s to the 1980s, their stories demonstrate the vitality of the Christian faith in a diversity of contexts.
- Contents:
- Southern Africa
- Bernard Mizeki (c. 1861-1896) : the first Anglican African martyr
- John Chilembwe (c. 1870-1915) : holistic Christian and accidental rebel
- Albert Luthuli (1898-1967) : gentleman of justice
- West Africa
- William Wadé Harris (c. 1865-c. 1929) : passionate prophet
- Byang Kato (1936-1975) : theological visionary
- East Africa
- Simeon Nsibambi (1897-1978) : revival anchor
- Janani Luwum (1922-1977) : martyr of "the second century"
- India
- Pandita Ramabai (1858-1922) : Christian, Hindu, reformer
- V.S. Azariah (1874-1945) : bishop, statesman, pastor
- Sundar Singh (1889-1929?) : mysterious mystic
- Korea
- Sun Chu Kil (1869-1935) : pastor and founding father
- China
- Dora Yu/Yu Cidu (1873-1931) : catalyst for an enduring Chinese faith
- Mary Stone/Shi Meiyu (1873-1954) : agent of change
- John Sung/Song Shangjie (1901-1944) : firestorm evangelist
- Yao-Tsung Wu/Wu Yaozong (1893-1979) : communist and Christian
- Wang Mingdao (1900-1991) : imprisoned by choice
- Ignatius Cardinal Kung/Kung Pin-Mei (1901-2000) : a Catholic valiant for truth.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780830868612
- 0830868615
- OCLC:
- 923183299
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