Clouds of witnesses
Subtitle: Christian voices from Africa and Asia
By: Mark A. Noll and Carolyn Nystrom
Contributors: Nystrom, Carolyn
Publisher: IVP Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Downers Grove, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780830838349
Subjects: Christian biography; Church history
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Southern Africa; title: Bernard Mizeki (c. 1861-1896) : the first Anglican African martyr; title: John Chilembwe (c. 1870-1915) : holistic Christian and accidental rebel; title: Albert Luthuli (1898-1967) : gentleman of justice; title: West Africa; title: William Wadé Harris (c. 1865-c. 1929) : passionate prophet; title: Byang Kato (1936-1975) : theological visionary; title: East Africa; title: Simeon Nsibambi (1897-1978) : revival anchor; title: Janani Luwum (1922-1977) : martyr of "the second century"; title: India; title: Pandita Ramabai (1858-1922) : Christian, Hindu, reformer; title: V.S. Azariah (1874-1945) : bishop, statesman, pastor; title: Sundar Singh (1889-1929?) : mysterious mystic; title: Korea; title: Sun Chu Kil (1869-1935) : pastor and founding father; title: China; title: Dora Yu/Yu Cidu (1873-1931) : catalyst for an enduring Chinese faith; title: Mary Stone/Shi Meiyu (1873-1954) : agent of change; title: John Sung/Song Shangjie (1901-1944) : firestorm evangelist; title: Yao-Tsung Wu/Wu Yaozong (1893-1979) : communist and Christian; title: Wang Mingdao (1900-1991) : imprisoned by choice; title: Ignatius Cardinal Kung/Kung Pin-Mei (1901-2000) : a Catholic valiant for truth.