02775cam a2200349 a 4500 47979 47979 16473939 AU-EpEBC 20170727125711.0 100923s2011 iluab b 001 0ceng 2010040603 9780830838349 (hbk. : alk. paper) (OCoLC)ocn666492831 DLC DLC YDX YDXCP NEMB pcc a------ f------ BR1700.3 .N65 2011 276 B 22 Noll, Mark A., 1946- Clouds of witnesses : Christian voices from Africa and Asia / Mark A. Noll and Carolyn Nystrom. Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Books, c2011. 286 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. 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. Christian biography Asia. Christian biography Africa. Asia Church history 20th century. Africa Church history 20th century. Nystrom, Carolyn. 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc AM 0 0 ddc 0 0 40 MAIN MAIN OPEN 2017-07-27 Tabor 0 276 NOL 19145 2017-07-27 00:00:00 1 2017-07-27 AM