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12 of the Best Books and Articles on: Christianity in Japan

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1.

Christianity Made in Japan: A Study of Indigenous Movements » Read Now
by Mark R. Mullins. 278 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library
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Buddhism and Christianity in Japan: From Conflict to Dialogue, 1854-1899 » Read Now
by Notto R. Thelle. 356 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Buddhism and Christianity in Japan Buddhism and Christianity in Japan From Conflict to Dialogue, 1854...Thelle, Notto R., 1941- Buddhism and Christianity in Japan...
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A Bridge to Buddhist-Christian Dialogue ("Buddhism and Christianity in Japan" begins on p. 38) » Read Now
by Leonard Swidler, Seiichi Yagi. 152 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

This work is in two parts. Swidler's translation from German of Yagi's short book, The Front Structure as a Bridge to Buddhist Christian Thought, and Swidler's extended introduction to both the Christian-Buddhist dialogue and to the place of Yagi's theology in it.
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Premodern Japan: A Historical Survey ("Christianity in Japan" begins on p. 123) » Read Now
by Mikiso Hane. 258 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library
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Understanding Japanese Society ("Christianity" begins on p. 139) » Read Now
by Joy Hendry. 270 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

This is a welcome new edition of this bestselling textbook. It provides a clear, accessible and readable introduction to Japanese society which does not require any previous knowledge of the country. Fully updated, revised and expanded, the 3rd edition contains new material on:· the effects of the...
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This is a welcome new edition of this bestselling textbook. It provides a clear, accessible and readable introduction to Japanese society which does not require any previous knowledge of the country. Fully updated, revised and expanded, the 3rd edition contains new material on:· the effects of the Asian crisis and recession in Japan· the emergence of the millennial cults such as the Aum Shinrikyo· major advances in sport and leisure such as the 2002 World Cup and the amazing global cultural success of Pokemon and Japanese animation and computer games· the tumultuous changes of the Japanese ruling elite· the Ainu and other Japanese minorities· debates about the future of the Japanese constitution and the resurgence of nationalism and militarism.
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Japan's Religious Ferment (Chap. 7 "The Non-Mixer: Christianity in Japan") » Read Now
by Raymond Hammer. 207 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library
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Japanese Religion and Society: Paradigms of Structure and Change (Chap. 3 "The Cross and the Cudgel") » Read Now
by Winston Davis. 334 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...informally during various sojourns in Japan. This is a book of paradigms and...fancy. For those of us interested in Japan and the history of religions, orchid...Japan...
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The Beginning of Heaven and Earth: The Sacred Book of Japan's Hidden Christians » Read Now
by Christal Whelan. 140 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

From a universal religion the Tenchi constructs a system of beliefs entirely Japanese in spirit. Its earliest context was in all likelihood the encounter between a storyteller and a group of Kakure Kirishitan.
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A Vision Betrayed: The Jesuits in Japan and China, 1542-1742 » Read Now
by Andrew C. Ross. 220 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library
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The Japanese and the Jesuits: Alessandro Valignano in Sixteenth-Century Japan » Read Now
by J. F. Moran. 242 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library
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Self-Support: The Episcopal Mission and Nationalism in Japan, in Church History » Read Now
by William L. Sachs. 13 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...A Century of Protestant Christianity in Japan (Rutland, 1959 ), p. 81. Otis Cary, A History of Christianity in Japan , vol. 2 (Rutland, 1982...means that the "Church and...
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Asian Voices in Christian Theology » Read Now
by Gerald H. Anderson. 324 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library