Church Space And The Capital In Prewar Japan
DOWNLOAD
Download Church Space And The Capital In Prewar Japan PDF/ePub or read online books in Mobi eBooks. Click Download or Read Online button to get Church Space And The Capital In Prewar Japan book now. This website allows unlimited access to, at the time of writing, more than 1.5 million titles, including hundreds of thousands of titles in various foreign languages. If the content not found or just blank you must refresh this page
Church Space And The Capital In Prewar Japan
DOWNLOAD
Author : Garrett L. Washington
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2022-01-31
Church Space And The Capital In Prewar Japan written by Garrett L. Washington and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-31 with History categories.
Christians have never constituted one percent of Japan’s population, yet Christianity had a disproportionately large influence on Japan’s social, intellectual, and political development. This happened despite the Tokugawa shogunate’s successful efforts to criminalize Christianity and even after the Meiji government took measures to limit its influence. From journalism and literature, to medicine, education, and politics, the mark of Protestant Japanese is indelible. Herein lies the conundrum that has interested scholars for decades. How did Christianity overcome the ideological legacies of its past in Japan? How did Protestantism distinguish itself from the other options in the religious landscape like Buddhism and New Religions? And how did the religious movement’s social relevance and activism persist despite the government’s measures to weaken the relationship between private religion and secular social life in Japan? In Church Space and the Capital in Prewar Japan, Garrett L. Washington responds to these questions with a spatially explicit study on the influence of the Protestant church in imperial Japan. He examines the physical and social spaces that Tokyo’s largest Japanese-led congregations cultivated between 1879 and 1923 and their broader social ties. These churches developed alongside, and competed with, the locational, architectural, and social spaces of Buddhism, Shinto, and New Religions. Their success depended on their pastors’ decisions about location and relocation, those men’s conceptualizations of the new imperial capital and aspirations for Japan, and the Western-style buildings they commissioned. Japanese pastors and laypersons grappled with Christianity’s relationships to national identity, political ideology, women’s rights, Japanese imperialism, and modernity; church-based group activities aimed to raise social awareness and improve society. Further, it was largely through attendees’ externalized ideals and networks developed at church but expressed in their public lives outside the church that Protestant Christianity exerted such a visible influence on modern Japanese society. Church Space offers answers to longstanding questions about Protestant Christianity’s reputation and influence by using a new space-centered perspective to focus on Japanese agency in the religion’s metamorphosis and social impact, adding a fresh narrative of cultural imperialism.
The Catholic Church In Japan
DOWNLOAD
Author : Johannes Laures
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 1970
The Catholic Church In Japan written by Johannes Laures and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Catholic Church in Japan categories.
Buddhism And Modernity
DOWNLOAD
Author : Orion Klautau
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2021-03-31
Buddhism And Modernity written by Orion Klautau and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-31 with Religion categories.
Japan was the first Asian nation to face the full impact of modernity. Like the rest of Japanese society, Buddhist institutions, individuals, and thought were drawn into the dynamics of confronting the modern age. Japanese Buddhism had to face multiple challenges, but it also contributed to modern Japanese society in numerous ways. Buddhism and Modernity: Sources from Nineteenth-Century Japan makes accessible the voices of Japanese Buddhists during the early phase of high modernity. The volume offers original translations of key texts—many available for the first time in English—by central actors in Japan’s transition to the modern era, including the works of Inoue Enryō, Gesshō, Hara Tanzan, Shimaji Mokurai, Kiyozawa Manshi, Murakami Senshō, Tanaka Chigaku, and Shaku Sōen. All of these writers are well recognized by Buddhist studies scholars and Japanese historians but have drawn little attention elsewhere; this stands in marked contrast to the reception of Japanese Buddhism since D. T. Suzuki, the towering figure of Japanese Zen in the first half of the twentieth century. The present book fills the chronological gap between the premodern era and the twentieth century by focusing on the crucial transition period of the nineteenth century. Issues central to the interaction of Japanese Buddhism with modernity inform the five major parts of the work: sectarian reform, the nation, science and philosophy, social reform, and Japan and Asia. Throughout the chapters, the globally entangled dimension—both in relation to the West, especially the direct and indirect impact of Christianity, and to Buddhist Asia—is of great importance. The Introduction emphasizes not only how Japanese Buddhism was part of a broader, globally shared reaction of religions to the specific challenges of modernity, but also goes into great detail in laying out the specifics of the Japanese case.
A History Of Christianity In Japan
DOWNLOAD
Author : Otis Cary
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 1995
A History Of Christianity In Japan written by Otis Cary and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Religion categories.
First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Multiplying Churches In Japanese Soil
DOWNLOAD
Author : Mehn Wm. John
language : en
Publisher: William Carey Publishing
Release Date : 2017-10-18
Multiplying Churches In Japanese Soil written by Mehn Wm. John and has been published by William Carey Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-18 with Religion categories.
Since the beginning of missionary efforts in Japan in the sixteenth century, the Japanese church has experienced periods of quiet flourishing and periods of intense persecution. Arguably, however, it has never managed to take root as a truly indigenous church-despite great effort toward that aim. In Multiplying Churches in Japanese Soil, John Mehn asks the question: Why? What factors have contributed to the Japanese remaining largely unreached? Mehn examines the current state of affairs and then, with some careful analysis and case study, delves into effective models and leadership for planting churches in Japan that not only grow, but are also equipped to reproduce and multiply. Within these pages, discover mission strategy, kingdom perspective, and hope for the church in Japanese soil.
Essays On The Modern Japanese Church
DOWNLOAD
Author : Aizan Yamaji
language : en
Publisher: U of M Center For Japanese Studies
Release Date : 2021-01-19
Essays On The Modern Japanese Church written by Aizan Yamaji and has been published by U of M Center For Japanese Studies this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-19 with History categories.
Essays on the Modern Japanese Church (Gendai Nihon kyokai shiron), published in 1906, was the first Japanese-language history of Christianity in Meiji Japan. Yamaji Aizan’s firsthand account describes the reintroduction of Christianity to Japan—its development, rapid expansion, and decline—and its place in the social, political, and intellectual life of the Meiji period. Yamaji’s overall argument is that Christianity played a crucial role in shaping the growth and development of modern Japan. Yamaji was a strong opponent of the government-sponsored “emperor-system ideology,” and through his historical writing he tried to show how Japan had a tradition of tolerance and openness at a time when government-sponsored intellectuals were arguing for greater conformity and submissiveness to the state on the basis of Japanese “national character.” Essays is important not only in terms of religious history but also because it highlights broad trends in the history of Meiji Japan. Introductory chapters explore the significance of the work in terms of the life and thought of its author and its influence on subsequent interpretations of Meiji Christianity.
Church Growth In Japan
DOWNLOAD
Author : Tetsunao Yamamori
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
Church Growth In Japan written by Tetsunao Yamamori and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with Religion categories.
A Century Of Protestant Christianity In Japan
DOWNLOAD
Author : Charles Wheeler Iglehart
language : en
Publisher: Tokyo ; Rutland, Vt. : C.E. Tuttle Company
Release Date : 1959
A Century Of Protestant Christianity In Japan written by Charles Wheeler Iglehart and has been published by Tokyo ; Rutland, Vt. : C.E. Tuttle Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1959 with Japan categories.
Handbook Of Christianity In Japan
DOWNLOAD
Author : Mark Mullins
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2018-12-24
Handbook Of Christianity In Japan written by Mark Mullins and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-24 with History categories.
This volume provides researchers and students of religion with an indispensable reference work on the history, cultural impact, and reshaping of Christianity in Japan. Divided into three parts, Part I focuses on Christianity in Japanese history and includes studies of the Roman Catholic mission in pre-modern Japan, the 'hidden Christian' tradition, Protestant missions in the modern period, Bible translations, and theology in Japan. Part II examines the complex relationship between Christianity and various dimensions of Japanese society, such as literature, politics, social welfare, education for women, and interaction with other religious traditions. Part III focuses on resources for the study of Christianity in Japan and provides a guide to archival collections, research institutes, and bibliographies. Based on both Japanese and Western scholarship, readers will find this volume to be a fascinating and important guide.
The Two Empires In Japan
DOWNLOAD
Author : John M. L. Young
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961
The Two Empires In Japan written by John M. L. Young and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961 with Church history categories.