Christianity made in Japan : a study of indigenous movements /
For centuries the accommodation between Japan and Christianity has been an uneasy one. Compared with others of its Asian neighbors, the churches in Japan have never counted more than a small minority of believers more or less resigned to patterns of ritual and belief transplanted from the West. But...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawai'i Press
©1998.
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| Series: | Nanzan library of Asian religion and culture.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt6wr4tb |
Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. Christianity as World Religion and Vernacular Movement
- 2. The Social Sources of Christianity in Japan
- 3. Charisma, Minor Founders, and Indigenous Movements
- 4. The Fountainhead of Japanese Christianity Revisited
- 5. Christianity as a Path of Self-Cultivation
- 6. Japanese Versions of Apostolic Christianity
- 7. Japanese Christians and the World of the Dead
- 8. Comparative Patterns of Growth and Decline
- 9. The Broader Context of Japanese Christianity
- Appendix
- Notes
- General Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- About the Author.