Jesus And The Samurai
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Author | : Paul Nowak |
Publisher | : R.A.G.E. Media |
Total Pages | : 116 |
Release | : 2007-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0977223469 |
Christians are called to be both servants and soldiers of Christ. As this book demonstrates, there is much to be learned from the teachings and example of the Samurai, legendary servant-warriors of Japan, in order for believers respond to Gods call as Christian Samurai. (Christian)
Author | : Jonathan Clements |
Publisher | : Robinson |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2016-04-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1472136713 |
The sect was said to harbour dark designs to overthrow the government. Its teachers used a dead language that was impenetrable to all but the innermost circle of believers. Its priests preached love and kindness, but helped local warlords acquire firearms. They encouraged believers to cast aside their earthly allegiances and swear loyalty to a foreign god-emperor, before seeking paradise in terrible martyrdoms. The cult was in open revolt, led, it was said, by a boy sorcerer. Farmers claiming to have the blessing of an alien god had bested trained samurai in combat and proclaimed that fires in the sky would soon bring about the end of the world. The Shogun called old soldiers out of retirement for one last battle before peace could be declared in Japan. For there to be an end to war, he said, the Christians would have to die. This is a true story.
Author | : Michael Zomber |
Publisher | : iUniverse |
Total Pages | : 49 |
Release | : 2009-11-05 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 144017685X |
By 250 AD, Christianity had spread throughout India and China. Known as the Shining Religion or the Luminous Teaching, it drew adherents from Buddhism and Hinduism who were seeking a faith that taught the possibility of achieving a society founded on love and compassion for their fellow man. The new doctrine reached the island nation of Japan where it was so well received that Christianity threatened to supplant Buddhism as the dominant religion. By the close of the 16th century Japanese Christians numbered in the millions. Fifty years later Christianity was officially proscribed and Christians faced execution for openly practicing their faith. Jesus and the Samurai tells their fascinating story with facts drawn from ancient and modern sources.
Author | : Shūsaku Endō |
Publisher | : New Directions Publishing |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780811213462 |
Considered one of the late Shusaku Endo's finest works, THE SAMURAI seamlessly combines historical fact with a novelist's imaginings. Set in the period preceding the Christian persecutions in Japan recorded so memorably in Endo's SILENCE, this book traces the steps of some of the first Japanese to set foot on European soil.
Author | : Tammy Sorg M a |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 2021-05-11 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781662813757 |
In Jesus - Our Great Samurai, you will learn to put on the Armor of God and fight with the Sword God gives you to win every battle you face: physical, emotional, and spiritual. Jesus Christ has more in common with the Samurai warrior than you can imagine. Join the author on a journey exploring the History of the Samurai Warrior in Japan and the History of Jesus of Nazareth. Explore Biblical as well as other historical accounts on how God's Armor and Sword can help win each battle. Be encouraged as you discover how you can have the All Mighty God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit in your corner of the ring fighting with you. Also, learn how Sorg fought a living Samurai at the Imperial Palace in Japan and lived to tell about it. With forty years of experience practicing, competing, and coaching Judo, Sorg found respite in Jesus Christ, who helped her through the emotional turmoil of defeat and emboldened her to be a witness for Him. Just missing the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Team as the number-one athlete in her weight division, she became the first alternate for the U.S. team. In Jesus - Our Great Samurai, Sorg shares how, through Judo, Jesus changed the course of her life forever. While Tammy trained for the 1996 Olympics, she lost at the Olympic Trials again, but worse things were in store for her as she left judo competition and began studying for her Master's Degree in Sports Management. In her first Semester, Tammy learned she had a devastating disease called Multiple Sclerosis (M.S.). She has learned to trust in Jesus, her Great Samurai, to get her through the daily physical, emotional and spiritual battles. Jesus gives her the strength she needs every day to put on the Armor of God and pick up His Sword and fight. Sorg has worked with at-risk youth for 10 years, and she also worked as Adjunct Faculty for Indiana Wesleyan University for 10 years. She has taught in Elementary through High School. She has also worked as a Children's Pastor and currently volunteers as a Teen Bible Quizzing Coach. Tammy enjoys spending time with her wonderful husband, two teenage kids, and her niece. They enjoy video gaming, puzzles, swimming, baking/cooking, and studying scripture together.
Author | : Ken Shigematsu |
Publisher | : Zondervan |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 2013-08-06 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0310499267 |
Ken Shigematsu shows that spiritual formation is more than just solitude and contemplative reflections. Spiritual formation happens in the everyday, in each and every moment of life. For those caught up in the busyness of work, family, and church, it often feels like time with God is just another thing on a crowded “to-do’ list. Ken explains how the time-tested spiritual practice of the “rule of life” can help bring busy people into a closer relationship with God. He shows how a personal rule of life can fit almost any vocation or life situation. In God in My Everything, you will discover how to create and practice a life-giving, sustainable rhythm in the midst of your demanding life. If you long for a deeper spirituality but often feel that the busyness of life makes a close relationship with God challenging—and, at times, seemingly impossible—this book is for you.
Author | : Katherine V. Dillon |
Publisher | : Potomac Books, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 542 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1597973580 |
God's Samurai is the unusual story of Mitsuo Fuchida, the career aviator who led the attack on Pearl Harbor and participated in most of the fiercest battles of the Pacific war. A valuable record of major events, it is also the personal story of a man swept along by his times. Reared in the vanished culture of early twentieth-century Japan, war hero Fuchida returned home to become a simple farmer. After a scandalous love affair came his remarkable conversion to Christianity and years of touring the world as an evangelist. His tale is an informative, personal look at the war "from the other side."
Author | : Michael T. Cibenko |
Publisher | : Arx Publishing, LLC |
Total Pages | : 4 |
Release | : 2021-11-15 |
Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | : |
In the mid-16th century AD, Christianity arrived in Japan. Heralded by daring Jesuits from Spain and Portugal zealous to bring the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the four corners of the earth, Christianity soon took root in that distant land. At that time, Japan was fractured among warring states as feudal lords known as daimyo vied for supremacy. From the first day, the Catholic faith found surprising acceptance among Japanese of all social status and within fifty years, Japanese converts known as Kirishitans numbered in the hundreds of thousands. But with the advent of a unified Japan under the powerful Tokugawa shogunate in the early 17th century, things began to change. While the Tokugawa shoguns appreciated European weapons and trade goods, they had little use for the foreign religion, whose success came to be viewed with increasing suspicion and hostility. Shiro Nakagawa comes from a family of recent converts living near Hitoyoshi castle on the island of Kyushu. A young man of the samurai class, Shiro studies to be a healer, but has also heard the call to become a Catholic priest. His plans for the future, however, are disrupted when the Shogun in Kyoto orders all churches closed throughout Japan. All gaijin priests are to be expelled from the country. All Christian practices and images are summarily banned. This order leads to widespread persecution, abuse and even slaughter of Christians throughout the islands. When the small church of Saint Michael in Hitoyoshi is closed, its priest Fr. Olivera arrested, and his friend Kumiko brutally attacked, Shiro knows he must take action. Along with his boyhood friend, Tomi, Shiro embarks on a mission to rescue Fr. Olivera and defend the helpless Kirishitans of southern Kyushu. Along with an army of ronin and outraged villagers, Shiro captures the castle at Yatsushiro, sheltering tens of thousands of Christian refugees. But even as the spark of justified resistance begins to burn, Shiro and his comrades know that it's only a matter of time before the Shogun’s army descends upon Yatsushiro in full force deploying new and terrifying European weapons. Masaru is an historical novel which paints the travails of the first Japanese Christians in brilliant colors. Author Michael T. Cibenko utilizes his expert knowledge of Japanese culture and language to create a memorable and authentic epic of early Christian Japan which entertains the reader while effortlessly conveying a lesson on this fascinating and complex period of history.
Author | : John Dougill |
Publisher | : SPCK |
Total Pages | : 253 |
Release | : 2016-09-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0281075530 |
In Search of Japan's Hidden Christians is a remarkable story of suppression, secrecy and survival in the face of human cruelty and God’s apparent silence. Part history, part travelogue, it explores and seeks to explain a clash of civilizations—of East and West—that resonates to this day. For seven generations, Japan’s ‘Hidden Christians’ preserved a faith that was forbidden on pain of death. Just as remarkably, descendants of the Hidden Christians continue to practise their beliefs today, refusing to rejoin the Catholic Church. Why? And what is it about Japanese culture that makes it so resistant to Western Christianity?
Author | : Arnaud Blin |
Publisher | : University of California Press |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 2019-03-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0520286634 |
The resurgence of violent terrorist organizations claiming to act in the name of God has rekindled dramatic public debate about the connection between violence and religion and its history. Offering a panoramic view of the tangled history of war and religion throughout Europe and the Mediterranean, War and Religion takes a hard look at the tumultuous history of war in its relationship to religion. Arnaud Blin examines how this relationship began through the concurrent emergence of the Mediterranean empires and the great monotheistic faiths. Moving through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and into the modern era, Blin concludes with why the link between violence and religion endures. For each time period, Blin shows how religion not only fueled a great number of conflicts but also defined the manner in which wars were conducted and fought.