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Xavier´s Legacies: Catholicism in Modern Japanese Culture
Kevin M. Doak (Ed.)
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Description for Xavier´s Legacies: Catholicism in Modern Japanese Culture
Paperback. By exposing Catholicism's long-term influence in Japan, this volume disrupts conventional assumptions about tradition, modernity, and Christianity in the East and the West. Editor(s): Doak, Kevin Michael. Series: Asian Religions and Society Series. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 349.
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 ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Series
Asian Religions and Society Series
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774820226
SKU
V9780774820226
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About Kevin M. Doak (Ed.)
Kevin M. Doak is the Nippon Foundation Chair in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Georgetown University. He is co-editor of the Journal of Japanese Studies and sits on the executive board of the Society for Japanese Studies. Contributors: James R. Bartholomew, Kevin M. Doak, Ann M. Harrington, Mariko Ikehara, Mark R. Mullins, Toshiko Sunami, Mark ... Read more
Reviews for Xavier´s Legacies: Catholicism in Modern Japanese Culture
Makes a much-needed contribution to the study of Christianity in Japan...Xavier's Legacies is a critical contribution and a must-read for serious students ofAsian social and religious studies in the modem period.
Gaylan Mathiesen
Missiology
At the end, we have been helped to better understand how Japan, after a long and bitter war, managed to enter the community ... Read more
Gaylan Mathiesen
Missiology
At the end, we have been helped to better understand how Japan, after a long and bitter war, managed to enter the community ... Read more