Theology in Japan - Takakura Tokutaro (1885-1934) (Paperback)

Japanese Christian leader Takakura Tokutaro, 1885-1934, is the focus of this exhaustive historical and theological study. Takakura's life spanned a critical period in developing Japan, a new member of the "modern family of nations." At the age of 21, through the preaching of the immensely influential church leader Uemura Masahisa, Takakura converted to the Christian faith. He later spent over two years in the West, reading extensively in British and German theology. Takakura thus faced the challenge of absorbing numerous lines of influence and re-articulating the Christian faith within his own generation's distinctly Japanese linguistic and religio-cultural context. His personal religious experience was a microcosm of the universalization of Christian theology during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Despite having played important leadership roles within the Protestant Church in Japan during the 1920s and early 1930s, Takakura's name is scarcely known outside limited Japanese theological circles. This study lends recognition to his influential role in the Christian Church. It also utilizes Takakura's example to provide further insight into the universalizing trend in Christian thought that continues even today.

General

Imprint:	University Press of America
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	American Society of Missiology Dissertation Series
Release date:	March 2005
First published:	2005
Authors:	Nelson J. Jennings
Dimensions:	213 x 143 x 39mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	518
ISBN-13:	978-0-7618-3050-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > General Promotions
LSN:	0-7618-3050-2
Barcode:	9780761830504

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