LEADER 00000nzm 2200481Ka 4500 001 ocn773581862 003 OCoLC 005 20141231185429.0 006 m d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 120123s2011 nyu o 000 0 eng d 020 9780062078483 (electronic bk.) 020 0062078488 (electronic bk.) 035 (OCoLC)773581862 037 CA25D998-1959-4398-B2EF-7D47FCBE7F94|bOverDrive, Inc. |nhttp://www.overdrive.com 040 TEFOD|cTEFOD|dJFN|erda|dUtOrBLW 041 1 eng|hchi 043 a-cc--- 049 JFNA 082 04 275.1/082 082 04 275.1/082 082 04 275.1/082|222 099 eBook OverDrive/Libby 100 1 Liao, Yiwu,|d1958- 245 10 God is red|h[OverDrive/Libby electronic resource]|bthe secret story of how Christianity survived and flourished in Communist China /|cLiao Yiwu ; translator, Wenguang Huang. 250 First edition. 264 1 New York :|bHarperOne,|c[2011] 264 4 |c©2011 300 1 online resource (xxi, 231 pages) 336 unspecified|bzzz|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 505 0 The trip to Dali. The cemetery -- The old nun -- The Tibetan -- The elder (I) -- The Episcopalian -- The cancer patient -- The fellowship -- The Yi and Miao villages. The doctor -- The martyr -- The elder (II) -- The Yi minister -- The feast -- Beijing and Chengdu. The secret visit -- The underground minister -- The poet and the priest -- The blind musician -- The orphanage -- The new convert. 520 When journalist Liao Yiwu first stumbled upon a vibrant Christian community in the officially secular China, he knew little about Christianity. In fact, he'd been taught that religion was evil, and that those who believed in it were deluded, cultists, or imperialist spies. But as a writer whose work has been banned in China and has even landed him in jail, Liao felt a kinship with Chinese Christians in their unwavering commitment to the freedom of expression and to finding meaning in a tumultuous society. Unwilling to let his nation lose memory of its past or deny its present, Liao set out to document the untold stories of brave believers whose totalitarian government could not break their faith in God, including: The over-100-year-old nun who persevered in spite of beatings, famine, and decades of physical labor, and still fights for the rightful return of church land seized by the government; The surgeon who gave up a lucrative Communist hospital administrator position to treat villagers for free in the remote, mountainous regions of southwestern China; The Protestant minister, now memorialized in London's Westminster Abbey, who was executed during the Cultural Revolution as "an incorrigible counterrevolutionary." This ultimately triumphant tale of a vibrant church thriving against all odds serves as both a powerful conversation about politics and spirituality and a moving tribute to China's valiant shepherds of faith, who prove that a totalitarian government cannot control what is in people's hearts. 588 Description based on print version record. 650 0 Communism and Christianity|zChina|xHistory|y20th century. 650 0 Communism and Christianity|zChina|xHistory|y21st century. 651 0 China|xChurch history|y20th century. 651 0 China|xChurch history|y21st century. 655 7 Electronic books.|2local 776 08 |iPrint version:|aLiao, Yiwu, 1958-|tGod is red.|b1st ed. |dNew York : HarperOne, c2011|z9780062078469|w(DLC) 2010051154|w(OCoLC)693684111 856 40 |uhttps://naperville.overdrive.com/media/|zAvailable on OverDrive/Libby. 994 C0|bJFN