Essays on the Modern Japanese Church : : Christianity in Meiji Japan.

• Superior document: Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies ; v.27
• Author: Yamaji, Aizan.
• TeilnehmendeR: Squires, Graham.
• Place / Publishing House: Ann Arbor : : University of Michigan, Center for Japanese Studies,, 2000.; ©2000.
• Year of Publication: 2000
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (207 pages)

Table of Contents

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introductory Essays -- Yamaji Aizan and Essays on the History of the Modern Japanese Church -- Essays and Meiji Protestant Christian History -- Essays on the History of the Modern Japanese Church -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Awakening of the Japanese People I -- 3. The Awakening of the Japanese People II -- 4. The Appeasement Policy of the Restoration Government -- The Surprise of Ōkuma Shigenobu and the Beginning of the New Church -- 5. A Spiritual Revolution Comes from the Dark Side of the Age -- 6. On Nakamura Masanao -- 7. Yasui Sokken's An Exposition of Error I -- 8. Yasui Sokken's An Exposition of Error II -- 9. Yasui Sokken's An Exposition of Error III -- 10. Yasui Sokken's View of the Universe -- 11. On Niijima jō -- 12. Contrasting Social Phenomena -- 13. The Pledge of Mount Hanaoka -- 14. The First Reaction against Westernization- Fukuzawa Yukichi -- 15. Four Kinds of Thought and the Division of Talent -- 16. The French Faction-Political Rights -- 17. The English Faction-Empiricism -- 18. The Conservative Reaction and the Policy of the Government -- 19. The Results of the Conservative Policy -- 20. The Attitude of Christians -- 21. The University Movement and the Theory of Evolution and Agnosticism -- 22. Tokyo University against the Christian Church -- 23. The Rise of Westernism -- 24. The Kokumin no tomo and Jogaku zasshi -- 25. The Movement at Dōshisha College -- 26. Weaknesses in the Work of Niijima Jō -- 27. Theological Disputes I -- 28. Theological Disputes II -- 29. The Attitude of the Church toward the New Theology-Unfairness -- 30. The Conservative Reaction I -- 31. The Conservative Reaction II -- 32. Inoue Tetsujirō and the Christian Church -- 33. The Victory of the So-Called Statist Education -- 34. The Stagnation of the Church.

35. The Rise of the Business World and Christianity -- 36. Trends in the Churches Overseas and the Influence on the Japanese Church -- 37. We Should Not Be Pessimistic about the Future of the Church -- 38. The Christian Church of the Future -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Authors.