In Search Of Japan S Hidden Christians
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In Search Of Japan S Hidden Christians
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Author : John Dougill
language : en
Publisher: SPCK
Release Date : 2016-09-15
In Search Of Japan S Hidden Christians written by John Dougill and has been published by SPCK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-15 with History categories.
In Search of Japan's Hidden Christians is a remarkable story of suppression, secrecy and survival in the face of human cruelty and God’s apparent silence. Part history, part travelogue, it explores and seeks to explain a clash of civilizations—of East and West—that resonates to this day. For seven generations, Japan’s ‘Hidden Christians’ preserved a faith that was forbidden on pain of death. Just as remarkably, descendants of the Hidden Christians continue to practise their beliefs today, refusing to rejoin the Catholic Church. Why? And what is it about Japanese culture that makes it so resistant to Western Christianity?
The Beginning Of Heaven And Earth
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Author : Christal Whelan
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 1996-09-01
The Beginning Of Heaven And Earth written by Christal Whelan 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 1996-09-01 with Religion categories.
In 1865 a French priest was visited by a small group of Japanese at his newly built church in Nagasaki. They were descendants of Japan's first Christians, the survivors of brutal religious persecution under the Tokugawa government. The Kakure Kirishitan, or "hidden Christians," had practiced their religion in secret for several hundred years. Sometime after their visit the priest received a copy of the Kakure bible, the Tenchi Hajimari no Koto, "Beginning of Heaven and Earth," an intriguing amalgam of Bible stories, Japanese fables, and Roman Catholic doctrine. Whelan offers a complete translation of this unique work accompanied by an illuminating commentary that provides the first theory of origin and evolution of the Tenchi. Today, the few Kakure Kirishitan communities still in existence view the Tenchi as strange and flawed, expressing a distorted form of Christianity. It is, however, the only text produced by the Kakure Kirishitan that depicts their highly syncretistic tradition and provides a colorful window through which to examine the dynamics of religious acculturation.
Japan S Hidden Christians 1549 1999
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Author : Stephen R. Turnbull
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2000
Japan S Hidden Christians 1549 1999 written by Stephen R. Turnbull and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.
This volume is by the author ofThe Kakure Kirishitan of Japan: A study of their development, beliefs and rituals to the present day, widely seen as the landmark study on this subject. Stephen Turnbull here brings together in two volumes the most significant scholarly writings on Japan's hidden Christians published in recent times, encompassing a span of some 450 years of the Christian tradition in Japan. Remarkably, in many respects, the inheritors of this tradition continue to remain 'hidden' at the dawn of the new millennium. The author contributes a full introduction, in which he reviews the key elements of the collected writings and at the same time takes the opportunity to bring his own study up-to-date.
Japan S Hidden Christians
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Author : Ann Harrington
language : en
Publisher: Loyola Press
Release Date : 1993
Japan S Hidden Christians written by Ann Harrington and has been published by Loyola Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Education categories.
The Beginning Of Heaven And Earth
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Author : Christal Whelan
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 1996-09-01
The Beginning Of Heaven And Earth written by Christal Whelan 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 1996-09-01 with Religion categories.
In 1865 a French priest was visited by a small group of Japanese at his newly built church in Nagasaki. They were descendants of Japan's first Christians, the survivors of brutal religious persecution under the Tokugawa government. The Kakure Kirishitan, or "hidden Christians," had practiced their religion in secret for several hundred years. Sometime after their visit the priest received a copy of the Kakure bible, the Tenchi Hajimari no Koto, "Beginning of Heaven and Earth," an intriguing amalgam of Bible stories, Japanese fables, and Roman Catholic doctrine. Whelan offers a complete translation of this unique work accompanied by an illuminating commentary that provides the first theory of origin and evolution of the Tenchi. Today, the few Kakure Kirishitan communities still in existence view the Tenchi as strange and flawed, expressing a distorted form of Christianity. It is, however, the only text produced by the Kakure Kirishitan that depicts their highly syncretistic tradition and provides a colorful window through which to examine the dynamics of religious acculturation.
The Kakure Kirishitan Of Japan
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Author : Stephen R. Turnbull
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 1998
The Kakure Kirishitan Of Japan written by Stephen R. Turnbull and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Catholics categories.
First major study in English of the Japanese 'hidden' Christians - the Kakure Kirishitan, who chose to remain separate from the Catholic Church when religious toleration was granted in 1873 - and the development of the faith and rituals from the 16th century to the present day.
Christ S Samurai
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Author : Jonathan Clements
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2016-04-07
Christ S Samurai written by Jonathan Clements and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-07 with History categories.
The sect was said to harbour dark designs to overthrow the government. Its teachers used a dead language that was impenetrable to all but the innermost circle of believers. Its priests preached love and kindness, but helped local warlords acquire firearms. They encouraged believers to cast aside their earthly allegiances and swear loyalty to a foreign god-emperor, before seeking paradise in terrible martyrdoms. The cult was in open revolt, led, it was said, by a boy sorcerer. Farmers claiming to have the blessing of an alien god had bested trained samurai in combat and proclaimed that fires in the sky would soon bring about the end of the world. The Shogun called old soldiers out of retirement for one last battle before peace could be declared in Japan. For there to be an end to war, he said, the Christians would have to die. This is a true story.
A History Of Christianity In Japan Roman Catholic And Greek Orthodox Missions
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Author : Otis Cary
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1909
A History Of Christianity In Japan Roman Catholic And Greek Orthodox Missions written by Otis Cary and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1909 with Japan categories.
A Christian Samurai
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Author : William J. Farge
language : en
Publisher: CUA Press
Release Date : 2016-04-29
A Christian Samurai written by William J. Farge and has been published by CUA Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-29 with History categories.
Through a close critical analysis of Baba Bunko's often humorous, but always biting, satirical essays a new picture of the hidden world of Christianity in eighteenth-century Japan emerges - a picture that contradicts the generally-held belief among Western historians that the Catholic mission in Japan ended in failure. A Christian Samurai will surprise many readers when they discover that Christian moral teachings not only survived the long period of persecution but influenced Japanese society throughout the Tokugawa period.
Xavier S Legacies
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Author : Kevin M. Doak
language : en
Publisher: UBC Press
Release Date : 2011-03-01
Xavier S Legacies written by Kevin M. Doak and has been published by UBC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-01 with History categories.
Japan has had three Catholic prime ministers, and its current empress was raised and educated in the faith. How did a non-Christian nation come to foster more Catholic leaders than the United States, particularly when Protestantism is said to define Christianity in Japan and Catholicism is believed to be but a fleeting element of Japan’s so-called Christian century? Far from being a relic of the past – something brought to Japan by sixteenth-century missionaries such as Francis Xavier and then forgotten – Catholicism offered, and continues to provide, an authentic way for Japanese believers to shape their cultural identities. This volume documents the appeal of Catholicism, not only among farmers and fishers but also among scientists, diplomats, novelists, and members of the imperial household who have found in Catholicism an alternative way to keep “tradition” and negotiate modernity since the late nineteenth century.