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Author Arrington, Aminta, author

Title Songs of the Lisu Hills : practicing Christianity in southwest China / Aminta Arrington
Published University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2020]
©2020

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 232 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series World Christianity
World Christianity (University Park, Pa.)
Contents Voice : Mie Hui Qing -- J.O. Fraser and the beginnings of Lisu Christianity -- Linguistic borderlands ; Voice : A-Na -- The evangelization of the Nujiang Valley -- Voice : Yu Ping An -- Fixing the boudaries ; Voice : Isaiah -- The Easter Festival ; Voice : Timothy -- "Let's pray for each other" -- Copying the Bible by torchlight ; Voice : Jesse -- Hymns of the Everlasting Hills ; Voice: Naomi -- Building the House of Prayer
Summary "Explores the history and practice of Lisu Christianity in southwest China, describing how the Lisu maintained their Christian faith through China's tumultuous twentieth century and into the present"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on print version record
Subject Christianity -- China, Southwest
Lisu (Southeast Asian people) -- China, Southwest -- Religion
RELIGION / Christian Rituals & Practice / Worship & Liturgy
Christianity
Lisu (Southeast Asian people) -- Religion
SUBJECT China, Southwest -- Church history
Subject Southwest China
Genre/Form Church history
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019046996
ISBN 9780271085821
0271085827
9780271085845
0271085843