Clouds of witnesses : Christian voices from Africa and Asia /
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 divers...
Основен автор: | Noll, Mark A., 1946- |
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Други автори: | Nystrom, Carolyn. |
Формат: | Електронна книга |
Език: | English |
Публикувано: |
Downers Grove, Ill. :
IVP Books,
[2011]
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Онлайн достъп: |
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Print version::
Clouds of Witnesses : Christian Voices from Africa and Asia. |
Съдържание:
- 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 Wade 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.