"The former Secretary-General of the Chin National League for Democracy provides an in-depth study on Chin nationalism, Christianity in Burma and the Chin role in the history of Burma. Early Chin society in Burma consisted of a segmented tribal society comprised of six tribes, 63 sub-tribes and nearly as many dialects, but later transformed into a cohesive, modern ethnic unit claiming one common national identity based on Christianity. Today more than 80 percent of the Chin in Burma are Christian. Lian Sakhong?s In Search of Chin Identity: A Study in Religion, Politics and Ethnic Identity in Burma examines this transformation and enables us to better understand how religion, ethnicity and politics have intertwined since independencce... In Search of Chin Identity: A Study in Religion, Politics and Ethnic Identity in Burma, by Lian H Sakhong. Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Monograph series No. 91, NIAS Press, Copenhagen: 2003; 280 pages.