Christianity Made in Japan : : A Study of Indigenous Movements / / Mark R. Mullins.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Mullins, Mark R.,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [1998]; ©1998
• Year of Publication: 1998
• Language: English
• Series: Nanzan Library of Asian Religion and Culture ; 25
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; 1. Christianity as World Religion and Vernacular Movement --; 2. The Social Sources of Christianity in Japan --; 3. Charisma, Minor Founders, and Indigenous Movements --; 4. The Fountainhead of Japanese Christianity Revisited --; 5. Christianity as a Path of Self-Cultivation --; 6. Japanese Versions of Apostolic Christianity --; 7. Japanese Christians and the World of the Dead --; 8. Comparative Patterns of Growth and Decline --; 9. The Broader Context of Japanese Christianity --; Appendix --; Notes --; General Bibliography --; Acknowledgments --; Index --; About the Author
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780824861902; 9783110649680; 9783110564150
• DOI: 10.1515/9780824861902
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Mark R. Mullins.

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.