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Author Mase-Hasegawa, Emi

Title Christ in Japanese culture : theological themes in Shusaku Endo's literary works / by Emi Mase-Hasegawa
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 248 pages)
Series Brill's Japanese studies library, 0925-6512 ; v. 28
Brill's Japanese studies library ; v. 28.
Contents Acknowledgements; Foreword Prof. Ursula King; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Chapter One Introduction; Chapter Two The Japanese Religio-Cultural Context; Chapter Three Endo Shusaku's Approach to Christianity; Chapter Four Endo's Image of Christ; Chapter Five Endo's Transformed Image of Christ; Chapter Six Conclusion; Epilogue -- The Seed of Christ Sown in Culture; Postscript -- The Spirit of Christ Inculturated; Appendix; References; Glossary; Index of Names
Summary This ground-breaking study on the Roman Catholic, Japanese novelist Endo Shusaku (1923-1996) uniquely combines western and Japanese religious, theological and philosophical thought. The author interprets Endo's central works such as ""Silence"" (1966), ""The Samurai"" (1980), and ""Deep River"" (1996), from a theological point of view as documents of inculturation of Christianity in Japan. Analysing the social and religious context of Japan in a global perspective, the author identifies a central role for ""koshinto""--A traditional Japanese ethos - in Endo's thought on inculturation. Endo's
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-241) and index
Notes English
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Subject Endō, Shūsaku, 1923-1996 -- Religion
SUBJECT Endō, Shūsaku, 1923-1996 fast
Endō, Shūsaku 1923-1996 gnd
Endō, Shūsaku. swd
Subject Christianity and literature -- Japan
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Asian -- General.
Christianity and literature
Religion
Christentum
Bellettrie.
Japans.
Religieuze aspecten.
Pluralisme (algemeen)
Japan
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2007052017
ISBN 9789047433217
9047433211
1282398261
9781282398269
9786612398261
6612398264