| Xavier's Legacies: Catholicism in Modern Japanese Culture Contributor(s): Doak, Kevin M. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0774820225 ISBN-13: 9780774820226 Publisher: University of British Columbia Press OUR PRICE: $37.57 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - Japan - Social Science | Sociology Of Religion - Religion | Christian Ministry - Missions |
| Dewey: 282.52 |
| LCCN: 2011381364 |
| Series: Asian Religions and Society |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.79 lbs) 232 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Japanese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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? This volume reveals that, far from being a relic of the past - something brought to Japan by missionaries and then forgotten - Catholicism offered, and continues to provide, an authentic and alternative way for Japanese believers to maintain "tradition" and negotiate modernity. |