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 whohad 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 powerof 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 is emeritus professor of history at Wheaton College and the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of many books, including America's Book, Jesus Christ and the Life of the Mind, Clouds of Witnesses: Christian Voices from Africa and Asia, The New Shape of World Christianity, The Rise of Evangelicalism: The Age of Edwards, Whitefield and the Wesleys, The Civil War as a Theological Crisis, Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity, and The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind.







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 Prayingwith 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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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

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