Part one - the Chin background: who are the Chin?; the Chin traditional ways of life - Phunglam; rituals, power and status in Chin society. Part two - Colonial power, Christian mission and the Chin response: the British annexation of Chinram; the coming of Christianity to East Chinram; the Chin response - towards the Anglo-Chin War and its aftermath. Part three - the Chin towards independent Burma: the repercussions of the Burma Act and World War II; the joining of the Union of Burma; the Chin spirituality in the new context. Part four - The role of the Church in the struggle for liberation: the Chin in Buddhist Burma; the Chin churches under military dictatorship rule; conclusion.