Catholicism in Modern Japanese Culture
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/03/2012
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.
- ISBN:
- 9780774820226
- 9780774820226
- Category:
- Asian history
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 01-03-2012
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- University of British Columbia Press
- Country of origin:
- Canada
- Pages:
- 232
- Dimensions (mm):
- 229x152x15mm
- Weight:
- 0.36kg
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