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Christianity Made in Japan : A Study of Indigenous Movements / Mark R. Mullins.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Nanzan Library of Asian Religion and Culture ; 25Publisher: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [1998]Copyright date: ©1998Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780824861902
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 275.2 21
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  • online - DeGruyter
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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
Summary: 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 there is another side to the story, one little known and rarely told: the rise of indigenous movements aimed at a Christianity that is at once made in Japan and faithful to the scriptures and apostolic tradition. Christianity Made in Japan draws on extensive field research to give an intriguing and sympathetic look behind the scenes and into the lives of the leaders and followers of several indigenous movements in Japan. Focusing on the "native" response rather than Western missionary efforts and intentions, it presents varieties of new interpretations of the Christian tradition. It gives voice to the unheard perceptions and views of many Japanese Christians, while raising questions vital to the self-understanding of Christianity as a truly "world religion."This ground-breaking study makes a largely unknown religious world accessible to outsiders for the first time. Students and scholars alike will find it a valuable addition to the literature on Japanese religions and society and on the development of Christianity outside the West. By offering an alternative approach to the study and understanding of Christianity as a world religion and the complicated process of cross-cultural diffusion, it represents a landmark that will define future research in the field.
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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

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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 there is another side to the story, one little known and rarely told: the rise of indigenous movements aimed at a Christianity that is at once made in Japan and faithful to the scriptures and apostolic tradition. Christianity Made in Japan draws on extensive field research to give an intriguing and sympathetic look behind the scenes and into the lives of the leaders and followers of several indigenous movements in Japan. Focusing on the "native" response rather than Western missionary efforts and intentions, it presents varieties of new interpretations of the Christian tradition. It gives voice to the unheard perceptions and views of many Japanese Christians, while raising questions vital to the self-understanding of Christianity as a truly "world religion."This ground-breaking study makes a largely unknown religious world accessible to outsiders for the first time. Students and scholars alike will find it a valuable addition to the literature on Japanese religions and society and on the development of Christianity outside the West. By offering an alternative approach to the study and understanding of Christianity as a world religion and the complicated process of cross-cultural diffusion, it represents a landmark that will define future research in the field.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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