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Xavier's legacies : Catholicism in modern Japanese culture /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Vancouver :
UBC Press,
©2011.
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| Colección: | Asian religions and society series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. </body> </html> |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 217 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-203) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780774820233 0774820233 9780774820226 0774820225 128305440X 9781283054409 |