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As Africa and Asia take their place as the new Christian heartlands, a new and robust company of saints is coming into view.In seventeen inspiring narratives Mark Noll and Carolyn Nystrom introduce pivotal 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.This kaleidoscopic witness to the power of the gospel will both inspire and educate. Whether for a class in global Christianity or for a…mehr
As Africa and Asia take their place as the new Christian heartlands, a new and robust company of saints is coming into view.In seventeen inspiring narratives Mark Noll and Carolyn Nystrom introduce pivotal 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.This kaleidoscopic witness to the power of the gospel will both inspire and educate. Whether for a class in global Christianity or for a personal journey to other times and places of faith, Clouds of Witnesses is a book that tugs at our curiosity and resists being laid down. An engaging traveling companion to Mark Noll's award-winning book The New Shape of World Christianity.
Mark A. Noll (Ph.D., Vanderbilt University) is Francis McAnaney Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is advisory editor for Books Culture and subeditor for the new Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Noll's main academic interests concern the interaction of Christianity and culture in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Anglo-American societies. He has published articles and reviews on a wide variety of subjects involving Christianity in modern history. Some of his many books include The Civil War as a Theological Crisis, Is the Reformation Over?, The Rise of Evangelicalism: The Age of Edwards, Whitefield and the Wesleys and The Old Religion in a New World. Carolyn Nystrom (MA, Wheaton College) has written more than eighty books, Bible study guides and children's titles. She served as general editor for the Christian Classics series and she co-authored Guard Us, Guide Us and Praying with theologian J. I. Packer, and Before I Was Born (God's Design for Sex) with Sandra Speidel. In addition to actively serving in her church and community, she has been a foster parent, an elementary schoolteacher and a book editor. Carolyn lives in the Chicago area with her husband and they have four grown children.
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List of Maps Introduction Southern Africa 1 Bernard Mizeki (c. 1861--1896): The First Anglican African Martyr 2 John Chilembwe (c. 1870--1915): Holistic Christian and Accidental Rebel 3 Albert Luthuli (1898--1967): Gentleman of Justice West Africa 4 William Wadé Harris (c. 1865 --c. 1929): Passionate Prophet 5 Byang Kato (1936--1975): Theological Visionary East Africa 6. Simeon Nsibambi (1897--1978): Revival Anchor 7 Janani Luwum (1922--1977): Martyr of "the Second Century" India 8 Pandita Ramabai (1858--1922): Christian, Hindu, Reformer 9 V. S. Azariah (1874--1945): Bishop, Statesman, Pastor 10 Sundar Singh (1889--1929?): Mysterious Mystic Korea 11 Sun Chu Kil (1869--1935): Pastor and Founding Father China 12 Dora Yu (1873--1931): Catalyst for an Enduring Chinese Faith 13 Mary Stone /Shi Meiyu (1873--1954): Agent of Change 14 John Sung /Song Shangjie (1901--1944): Firestorm Evangelist 15 Yao-Tsung Wu /Wu Yaozong (1893--1979): Communist and Christian 16 Wang Mingdao (1900--1991): Imprisoned by Choice 17 Ignatius Cardinal Kung/Kung Pin-Mei (1901--2000): A Catholic Valiant for Truth Afterword For Further Reading Index Image Credits
List of Maps Introduction Southern Africa 1 Bernard Mizeki (c. 1861--1896): The First Anglican African Martyr 2 John Chilembwe (c. 1870--1915): Holistic Christian and Accidental Rebel 3 Albert Luthuli (1898--1967): Gentleman of Justice West Africa 4 William Wadé Harris (c. 1865 --c. 1929): Passionate Prophet 5 Byang Kato (1936--1975): Theological Visionary East Africa 6. Simeon Nsibambi (1897--1978): Revival Anchor 7 Janani Luwum (1922--1977): Martyr of "the Second Century" India 8 Pandita Ramabai (1858--1922): Christian, Hindu, Reformer 9 V. S. Azariah (1874--1945): Bishop, Statesman, Pastor 10 Sundar Singh (1889--1929?): Mysterious Mystic Korea 11 Sun Chu Kil (1869--1935): Pastor and Founding Father China 12 Dora Yu (1873--1931): Catalyst for an Enduring Chinese Faith 13 Mary Stone /Shi Meiyu (1873--1954): Agent of Change 14 John Sung /Song Shangjie (1901--1944): Firestorm Evangelist 15 Yao-Tsung Wu /Wu Yaozong (1893--1979): Communist and Christian 16 Wang Mingdao (1900--1991): Imprisoned by Choice 17 Ignatius Cardinal Kung/Kung Pin-Mei (1901--2000): A Catholic Valiant for Truth Afterword For Further Reading Index Image Credits
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