Japan's Religious Ferment
Author | : Raymond J. Hammer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 1962 |
Genre | : Christianity and other religions |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Raymond J. Hammer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 1962 |
Genre | : Christianity and other religions |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Raymond J. Hammer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 207 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : Christianity and other religions |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Raymond Hammer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 207 |
Release | : 1962 |
Genre | : Christianity and other religions |
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Author | : Harry Thomsen |
Publisher | : Praeger |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : |
THE PUBLICATION of this book will meet a conscious need among students of Japanese religion and culture because it presents in a series of factual and scholarly, yet not pedantic, expositions one of the significant developments of postwar Japan: the emergence and development of shinko shukyo, or "new religions." Mr. Thomsen, who has given himself to the study of these religions and is one of the younger missionaries who herald a return to the scholarly tradition so greatly neglected among postwar Christian missionaries and students, estimates that the new religions have about eighteen million followers, or one out of every five Japanese. Probably never before in the history of Japan have there been so many kinds of religious innovations and interests. This book is significant on several counts: it reflects the vitality of Japanese religion through the new religions, which perhaps are as representative of this vitality as any of the older traditional religions. It seriously considers this unique phenomenon of Japanese culture, which because of fanatical and superstitious acts among some of the followers has been treated with a reproach mingled with contempt, and because of obvious materialism and even charlatanry has led many to dismiss them with a quip or a laugh. On the other hand, some of the older religious groups are obviously alarmed over the increasing power of the new religions because they are seemingly able to meet many of the felt needs of the Japanese people. Mr. Thomsen considers the religious and sociological factors that have created these movements--the roots from which they have sprung--and goes a considerable distance toward establishing their common bonds. The book is important for the Christian student because it not only describes the encounter which Christianity has had with these new religions, but it also makes clear the difficulties missionaries have had in facing the Oriental syncretic concept of religion
Author | : Martin Davie |
Publisher | : InterVarsity Press |
Total Pages | : 2119 |
Release | : 2016-04-27 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0830879625 |
This classic one-volume reference work is now substantially expanded and revised to focus on a variety of theological themes, thinkers and movements. From African Christian Theology to Zionism, this volume of historical and systematic theology offers a wealth of information and insight for students, pastors and all thoughtful Christians.
Author | : David Reid |
Publisher | : Jain Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 218 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Ancestor worship |
ISBN | : 0895819325 |
A ground-breaking work, this book begins with a chronology of Japanese Socioreligious history, Japanese religions, Japanese Christians and their ancestors. It then looks into the relationship between religion and politics in contemporary Japan and the current state of Christianity in Japan. Lucidly written and generously illustrated.
Author | : Mark R. Mullins |
Publisher | : University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 1998-10-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780824821326 |
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 there is another side to the story, one little known and rarely told: the rise of indigenous movements aimed at a Christianity that is at once made in Japan and faithful to the scriptures and apostolic tradition. Christianity Made in Japan draws on extensive field research to give an intriguing and sympathetic look behind the scenes and into the lives of the leaders and followers of several indigenous movements in Japan. Focusing on the "native" response rather than Western missionary efforts and intentions, it presents varieties of new interpretations of the Christian tradition. It gives voice to the unheard perceptions and views of many Japanese Christians, while raising questions vital to the self-understanding of Christianity as a truly "world religion." This ground-breaking study makes a largely unknown religious world accessible to outsiders for the first time. Students and scholars alike will find it a valuable addition to the literature on Japanese religions and society and on the development of Christianity outside the West. By offering an alternative approach to the study and understanding of Christianity as a world religion and the complicated process of cross-cultural diffusion, it represents a landmark that will define future research in the field.
Author | : Carolyn S. Stevens |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2003-09-02 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1134757085 |
The popular perception of Japanese society is that it possesses a homogeneity and cultural conformity unlike anything to be found in the West. In fact Japan has its own underclass living outside the mainstream in economic circumstances that are radically different to the more usual perception of a wealthy and sucessful society. Carolyn S. Stevens has produced a new study that intimately explores the lives of Japan's social outcasts as well as those volunteers who seek to help them and as a consequence become socially marginalized themselves.
Author | : John Vernon Taylor |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Africa, Sub-Saharan |
ISBN | : |