The Norwegian-American Lutheran experience in 1950s Japan : stepping up to the Cold War challenge /

This study examines a group of young Norwegian-American missionaries sent to Japan in the early 1950s. Certain that a communist regime would take over and make mission work impossible, as in China, they instead witnessed Japan's economic transformation and were affected by postcolonial ideologi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Allen, Kate (Autor), Ingulsrud, John E. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2016]
Temas:
Lutheran Church > Missions > Japan.
Missions > Japan.
Église luthérienne > Missions > Japon.
RELIGION > Christian Ministry > Missions.
Lutheran Church > Missions
Missions
Japan
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A new mission in Japan
  • Becoming a Norwegian-American Lutheran
  • Discerning a missionary call
  • Encountering Japan
  • Working as a full-time missionary
  • Working as a missionary wife
  • Interpreting the experience
  • Appendix: list of ELC missionaries in Japan 1950-1955.

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