In this Book
- Japan's Modern Prophet: Uchimura Kanzô, 1861-1930
- Book
- 2007
- Published by: University of British Columbia Press
summary
Uchimura Kanz� was one of Japan's foremost thinkers. His ideas influenced contemporary novelists, statesmen, reformers, and religious leaders. The originator and proponent of a particularly "Japanese" form of Christianity known as muky�kai, Uchimura struggled with the tensions between his love for the homeland and his love for God. Articulate, prolific, passionate, and profound, he earned a reputation as the most consistent critic of his society and knowledgeable Japanese interpreter of Christianity and its Bible. Through this exceptional man's life, John Howes charts what it meant to live during the introduction of Christianity to Japan.
Table of Contents
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- Illustrations
- pp. ix-x
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-xvi
- Introduction
- pp. 1-14
- Part 1: I Refuse
- 1. Education of a Meiji Samurai
- pp. 17-43
- 2. Budding Civil Servant
- pp. 44-75
- 3. Birth of a Writer
- pp. 76-101
- 4. Justification of Self and of Nation
- pp. 102-134
- 5. Out into the World
- pp. 135-156
- Part 2: The Pact with God
- 6. With Luther Presiding
- pp. 159-180
- 7. The Taught
- pp. 181-202
- 8. The Teaching: Christianity and the Bible
- pp. 203-218
- 10. The Last Chance
- pp. 237-254
- Part 3: I Am Not
- 11. Christ Is Coming
- pp. 257-279
- 12. The Bible and Japan
- pp. 280-308
- 13. The Sage
- pp. 309-319
- 14. Telling Off the West
- pp. 320-344
- 15. Maturing Vipers
- pp. 345-362
- 16. What Is Mukyôkai?
- pp. 363-380
- Conclusion: Uchimura Kanzô in History
- pp. 381-398
- Chronology
- pp. 399-400
- Selected Bibliography
- pp. 433-438
Additional Information
ISBN
9780774851725
MARC Record
OCLC
166335064
Pages
464
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No