Christianity Made in Japan: A Study of Indigenous Movements 9780824861902
For centuries the accommodation between Japan and Christianity has been an uneasy one. Compared with others of its Asian
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English Pages 288 Year 1998
Table of contents :
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
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