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Book 2014

Christianity And Imperialism In Modern Japan Empire For God

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language
English
Published
2014
  • Christianity
  • Church history
  • Nationalism
  • Protestantism
  • Nihon Kumiai Kirisuto Kyōkai
  • Christianity, 20th century
  • Nationalism, religious aspects
  • Japan, church history

Christianity and Imperialism in Modern Japan explores how Japanese Protestants engaged with the unsettling changes that resulted from Japan's emergence as a world power in the early 20th century. Through this analysis, the book offers a new perspective on the intersection of religion and imperialism in modern Japan. Emily Anderson reassesses religion as a critical site of negotiation between the state and its subjects as part of Japan's emergence as a modern nation-state and colonial empire. The book shows how religion, including its adherents and the state's attempts to determine acceptable belief, is a necessary subject of study for a nuanced understanding of modern Japanese history