02664cam a2200361 a 4500999001700000001000900017003000900026005001700035008004100052010001700093020003800110035002400148040003100172042000800203043002100211050002400232082001500256100002600271245010200297260004600399300003500445504005100480505110500531520032101636650003101957650003301988651004002021651004202061700002202103906004502125942001202170952012002182  c47979d4797916473939AU-EpEBC20170727125711.0100923s2011    iluab    b    001 0ceng    a  2010040603  a9780830838349 (hbk. : alk. paper)  a(OCoLC)ocn666492831  aDLCcDLCdYDXdYDXCPdNEMB  apcc  aa------af------00aBR1700.3b.N65 201100a276aB2221 aNoll, Mark A.,d1946-10aClouds of witnesses :bChristian voices from Africa and Asia /cMark A. Noll and Carolyn Nystrom.  aDowners Grove, Ill. :bIVP Books,cc2011.  a286 p. :bill., maps ;c24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.1 aSouthern 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.  aIn 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. 0aChristian biographyzAsia. 0aChristian biographyzAfrica. 0aAsiaxChurch historyy20th century. 0aAfricaxChurch historyy20th century.1 aNystrom, Carolyn.  a7bcbccorignewd1eecipf20gy-gencatlg  2ddccAM  00102ddc4070840aMAINbMAINcOPENd2017-07-27eTaborl0o276 NOLp19145r2017-07-27 00:00:00t1w2017-07-27yAM