Xavier's Legacies |
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| Editor:
| Doak, Kevin M. |
| Series title: | Asian Religions and Society Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-283-05440-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2011 |
| Publisher: | University of British Columbia Press
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| Imprint: | UBC Press |
| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $99.00 |
Book Description:
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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 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...
More DescriptionJapan 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.