| Salvationist Samurai: Gunpei Yamamuro and the Rise of the Salvation Army in Japan Contributor(s): Rightmire, David R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0810832704 ISBN-13: 9780810832701 Publisher: Scarecrow Press OUR PRICE: $119.70 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 1997 Annotation: The first English-language work to clarify the role of Gunpei Yamamuro (1872-1940) in relation to the progress of the Salvation Army in Japan. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography - Religion - History | Asia - Japan |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 96-49240 |
| Series: Pietist and Wesleyan Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6.6" W x 8.76" (0.89 lbs) 216 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Japanese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Arriving in Japan in 1895, the Salvation Army rose from a position of relative obscurity to national recognition within a space of twelve years. The cultural adaptation of mission and message was most directly influenced by the life and work of Gunpei Yamamuro (1872-1940), who helped transform the Army into an indigenous expression of Wesleyan-holiness mission, uniquely adapted to the needs of Japan's emerging industrialized society. Salvationist Samurai is the first English-language work to clarify the role of Yamamuro in relation to the progress of the Salvation Army in Japan. In light of the recent centennial celebration of the Salvation Army in Japan, it is fitting that this illustrated work be published in commemoration of its most prominent representative. |