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Songs of the Lisu Hills : practicing Christianity in southwest China / Aminta Arrington.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Arrington, Aminta, author.
- Series:
- World Christianity (University Park, Pa.)
- World Christianity
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christianity--China, Southwest.
- Christianity.
- Lisu (Southeast Asian people)--China, Southwest--Religion.
- Lisu (Southeast Asian people).
- China, Southwest--Church history.
- China, Southwest.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "Explores the history and practice of Lisu Christianity in southwest China, describing how the Lisu maintained their Christian faith through China's tumultuous twentieth century and into the present"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Notes About the Lisu Language and Its Usage
- Introduction
- Voice
- Chapter 1. J. O. Fraser and the Beginnings of Lisu Christianity
- Chapter 2. Linguistic Borderlands
- Chapter 3. The Evangelization of the Nujiang Valley
- Chapter 4. Fixing the Boundaries
- Chapter 5. The Easter Festival
- Chapter 6. “Let’s Pray for Each Other”
- Chapter 7. Copying the Bible by Torchlight
- Chapter 8. Hymns of the Everlasting Hills
- Chapter 9. Building the House of Prayer
- Postscript
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-226) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780271085845
- 0271085843
- 9780271085821
- 0271085827
- OCLC:
- 1138738822
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