TY  - BOOK
AU  - Noll,Mark A.
AU  - Nystrom,Carolyn
TI  - Clouds of witnesses: Christian voices from Africa and Asia 
SN  - 9780830868612 (electronic bk.)
AV  - BR1700.3 .N65 2011
U1  - 276B 22
PY  - 2011///]
CY  - Downers Grove, Ill.
PB  - IVP Books
KW  - Christian biography
KW  - Asia
KW  - Africa
KW  - fast
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - RELIGION / Christianity / History
KW  - Church history
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Title from PDF title page (viewed on Jan. 8, 2014); 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
N2  - 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
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