Rediscovering Japan, reintroducing Christendom [[electronic resource] ] : two thousand years of Christian hsitory in Japan / / Samuel Lee
(Visualizza in formato marc)
(Visualizza in BIBFRAME)
| Autore: |
Lee Samuel
|
| Titolo: |
Rediscovering Japan, reintroducing Christendom [[electronic resource] ] : two thousand years of Christian hsitory in Japan / / Samuel Lee
|
| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Md., : Hamilton Books, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (213 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 270.0952 |
| 275.2 | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Japan Church history |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-176) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | pt. 1. The beginning : the arrival of the Israelites in Japan B.C. 250-A.D. 250 -- pt. 2. Keikyo : the Church of the East in Japan A.D. 600 -- pt. 3. Kirishitan : the Catholic Church in Japan, the age of persecution A.D. 1542 -- pt. 4. Kirisuto Kyokai : the arrival of Protestantism in Japan, the age of revival & indigenization A.D. 1853 -- pt. 5. Analysis & conclusions, the age of a new beginning A.D. 2000. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Japan's Christian history and cultural roots are examined from an alternative perspective. Lee analyzes cultural, religious and linguistic evidence to argue that Christianity was introduced to Japan through the Lost Tribes of Israel, converted to Christianity through the missionary efforts of the Assyrian Church of the East around A.D. 500. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Rediscovering Japan, reintroducing Christendom |
| ISBN: | 1-282-49891-6 |
| 9786612498916 | |
| 0-7618-4950-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910456295403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |