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Tag Archives: Christianity
Book Announcement: Christian Sorcerers on Trial: Records of the 1827 Osaka Incident
Christian Sorcerers on Trial: Records of the 1827 Osaka Incident Translated and with an introduction by Fumiko Miyazaki, Kate Wildman Nakai, and Mark Teeuwen In 1829, three women and three men were paraded through Osaka and crucified. Placards set up … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, early modern Japan, Edo period, Japan, Japanese history, religion, religious studies, translation
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Book Announcement: Christianity and the Modern Woman in East Asia
Christianity and the Modern Woman in East Asia Editor: Garrett L. Washington This edited volume explores the complex roles that Christian ideas and institutions played in the construction of modern womanhood in East Asia. While contributing to gender dynamics that … Continue reading
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Tagged book announcement, Christianity, east asia, East Asian Studies, modern, modern history, religion, women
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Resource: Laures Kirishitan Bunko Database
For those interested in the premodern and/or the history Christianity and its connections to Japan, Sophia University in Tokyo has a fascinating database that’s worth looking into. A digital archive of the rare books of Johannes Laures, S.J., the collection contains as many … Continue reading
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Tagged archive, Christianity, history, Japan, Kirishitan, maps, premodern, premodern history, resources, Sophia University
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Workshop: The History of Christianity in East Asia at the University of Minnesota
Call for Applications for an International Workshop on the History of Christianity in East Asia at the University of Minnesota The Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History at the University of San Francisco in collaboration with the James Ford Bell … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, east asia, history, Ricci Institute, University of Minnesota, workshop
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Book Announcement: The Myōtei Dialogues: A Japanese Christian Critique of Native Traditions
The Myōtei Dialogues A Japanese Christian Critique of Native Traditions http://www.brill.com/products/book/myotei-dialogues The Myōtei Dialogues is the first complete English translation one of the most important works of early Japanese Christianity. Fukansai Habian’s Myōtei mondō (1605) presents a sharp critique of … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, history, Japan, Japanese Christianity, Japanese history, religion, translation
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Book Announcement: Christianity and Imperialism in Modern Japan
SOAS STUDIES IN MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY JAPAN Christianity and Imperialism in Modern Japan. Emily Anderson October 2014 Christianity and Imperialism in Modern Japan explores how Japanese Protestants engaged with the unsettling changes that resulted from Japan’s emergence as a world … Continue reading
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Tagged books, Christianity, colonial empire, imperialism, Japan, modern, modern Japan, nation state
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