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The Cross in the Dark Valley: The Canadian Protestant Missionary Movement in the Japanese Empire, 1931-1945
A. Hamish Ion
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Description for The Cross in the Dark Valley: The Canadian Protestant Missionary Movement in the Japanese Empire, 1931-1945
Paperback. Num Pages: 444 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HRAX; HRCC9; HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 246 x 25. Weight in Grams: 604.
In this pioneer study, Ion investigates the experience of the Canadians who were part of the Protestant missionary movement in the Japanese Empire. He sheds new light on the dramatic challenges faced by foreign missionaries and Japanese Christians alike in what was the watershed period in the religious history of twentieth-century East Asia.
In this pioneer study, Ion investigates the experience of the Canadians who were part of the Protestant missionary movement in the Japanese Empire. He sheds new light on the dramatic challenges faced by foreign missionaries and Japanese Christians alike in what was the watershed period in the religious history of twentieth-century East Asia.
The Cross in the Dark Valley delivers significant lessons for Christian and missionary movements in Asia, Africa, the Americas and Europe which even now have to contend with oppression from authoritarian regimes and with hostility.
This new book by A. Hamish Ion, written ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
444
Place of Publication
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
ISBN
9781554585045
SKU
V9781554585045
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99-15
About A. Hamish Ion
A. Hamish Ion, a specialist in modern Japanese history, currently teaches in the History Department at the Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston.
Reviews for The Cross in the Dark Valley: The Canadian Protestant Missionary Movement in the Japanese Empire, 1931-1945
"This work, volume 3, is especially welcome not only for the historical narrative but also for the light it sheds on two major problems of the period
namely the Shinto shrine and Union Church controversies....Each chapter is well researched with extensive coverage of both primary and secondary sources. While the author bases his work on primary sources, consisting of ... Read more
namely the Shinto shrine and Union Church controversies....Each chapter is well researched with extensive coverage of both primary and secondary sources. While the author bases his work on primary sources, consisting of ... Read more