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266 Acknowledgments The author and publisher wish to thank the following institutions and individuals for permission to reproduce the photographs and illustrations on the following pages of this volume: pp. 56, 57, 65, 141 Courtesy of the International Christian University Library, Uchimura Kanzõ Collection, Tokyo pp. 74, 79, 80 Courtesy of The Way, Matsumura Kaiseki and Dõkai Archives, Tokyo pp. 83–85, 90, 91 Courtesy of Christ Heart Church, Kawai Shinsui Archives, Fujiyoshida p. 109 Courtesy of Rev. Hideo Nakamura, Holy Ecclesia of Jesus, Kyoto pp. 119, 121, 124, 125 Courtesty of Mr. Yðrõ Jacob Teshima, Gilboa Institute of Humanities, Fujisawa p. 134 Courtesy of Tõen Shobõ, Tokyo p. 194 Courtesy of the Shingo Tourist Association, Shingo Village, Aomori Prefecture [Photographs on pp. 104, 113, 126, 142, 145, 146 are from the author’s personal collection.] The author would like to express appreciation to the following publishers and journals for permission to use and adapt previously published materials in this volume: “The Situation of Christianity in Contemporary Japanese Society.” Japan Christian Quarterly 55/2 (1989). “Japanese Pentecostalism and the World of the Dead: A Study of Cultural Adaptation in Iesu no Mitama Kyõkai.” Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 17/4 (1990). “The Transplantation of Religion in Comparative Sociological Perspective.” Japanese Religions 16/2 (1990). “The Sociology of Church Growth: An Introduction to the Literature.” Japan Christian Quarterly 56/1 (1990). “Christianity as a New Religion: Charisma, Minor Founders, and Indigenous Movements.” In Mark R. Mullins, Shimazono Susumu, and Paul Swanson, eds. Religion and Society in Modern Japan. Berkeley: Asian Humanities Press, 1993. “The Social Forms of Japanese Christianity.” In John Breen and Mark Williams, eds. Japan and Christianity: Impacts and Responses. London: Macmillan Press, 1995. “The Empire Strikes Back: Korean Pentecostal Mission to Japan.” Japanese Religions 17/1 (1992) and in Karla Poewe, ed. Charismatic Christianity as a Global Culture, University of South Carolina Press, 1994. “Christianity Transplanted: Toward a Sociology of Success and Failure.” In Mark R. Mullins and Richard Fox Young, eds. Perspectives on Christianity in Korea and Japan. Lewiston: Edwin Mellen Press, 1995. ...

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