Christianity and imperialism in modern Japan : empire for God

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Christianity and imperialism in modern Japan : empire for God

Emily Anderson

(SOAS studies in modern and contemporary Japan)

Bloomsbury, 2016

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-306) and index

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Description

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction: All Roads Lead to Annaka: The Place of Imperial Christianity in Japan's Modern History 1. The Problem of Two Masters: The Imperial Rescript on Education and the Quandary of Japanese Christians 2. Fields Ready for Harvest: Russo-Japanese War as Holy War 3. Nation without Borders: Casting a Vision for a Transnational Church 4. Making Koreans Japanese: A Gospel for Japan's New Colonial Subjects 5. After the March First Movement: The "Korean Problem" Just Beyond Empire's Edge 6. Becoming a Small Country: The Imperial Countryside Imagined as the Kingdom of God 7. Following in Abraham's Footsteps: Building an Imperial Christian Utopia in Manchukuo Bibliography Index

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