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Christianity made in Japan : a study of indigenous movements /

For centuries the accommodation between Japan and Christianity has been an uneasy one. Compared with others of its Asian neighbors, the churches in Japan have never counted more than a small minority of believers more or less resigned to patterns of ritual and belief transplanted from the West. But...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mullins, Mark (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, ©1998.
Colección:Nanzan library of Asian religion and culture.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Christianity as World Religion and Vernacular Movement
  • 2. The Social Sources of Christianity in Japan
  • 3. Charisma, Minor Founders, and Indigenous Movements
  • 4. The Fountainhead of Japanese Christianity Revisited
  • 5. Christianity as a Path of Self-Cultivation
  • 6. Japanese Versions of Apostolic Christianity
  • 7. Japanese Christians and the World of the Dead
  • 8. Comparative Patterns of Growth and Decline
  • 9. The Broader Context of Japanese Christianity
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • General Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index
  • About the Author.