Xavier's Legacies : Catholicism in Modern Japanese Culture /

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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...

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Autres auteurs: Doak, Kevin Michael
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Vancouver : UBC Press, 2011.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Catholic Church.
Église catholique > Histoire.
Église catholique > Aspect social > Japon.
Église catholique > Japon > Influence.
Église catholique > Japon > Histoire.
Catholic Church > Social aspects > Japan.
Catholic Church > Japan > Influence.
Catholic Church > Japan > History.
Social aspects.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
RELIGION > Christianity > Catholic.
Japan.
Japon > Vie religieuse.
Japan > Religious life and customs.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé: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>
Description matérielle:1 online resource (232 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780774820233

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