Kiri Paramore

Ideology and Christianity in Japan

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Traces the development of anti-Christian ideas in Japan from the banning of Christianity by the Tokugawa shogunate in the early 1600s, to the use of Christian and anti-Christian ideology in the construction of modern Japanese state institutions at the end of the 1800s. This book is suitable for students of Japanese history, religion, and politics.

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This volume recasts the history of anti-Christian discourse in Japan showing its influence on modern thought and politics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 517g
• ISBN-13: 9780415443562
• ISBN-10: 0415443563
• Artikelnr.: 31082058

Autorenporträt

Kiri Paramore is Assistant Professor in Japanese History at Leiden University, The Netherlands. He received his PhD in 2006 from the University of Tokyo.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Japanese Christian Thought: Doctrinal Diversity or
Civilizational Clash? 2. Japanese Confucianism and Japanese Christianity:
Parallels and Interactions 3. Early Tokugawa Anti-Christian Discourse:
Proclamations, Populist Literature and Diplomacy 4. Attacking Non-Christian
"Christians": Ideological Uses of Early Tokugawa Anti-Christian Discourse
5. Mid- and Late Tokugawa Anti-Christian Discourse: Continuity and Change
6. Meiji Anti-Christian Discourse: Modern National Ideology and
Conservatism. Conclusion. Bibliograpy