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The Kakure Kirishitan of Japan - A Study of Their Development, Beliefs and Rituals to the Present Day (Hardcover)
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The Kakure Kirishitan of Japan - A Study of Their Development, Beliefs and Rituals to the Present Day (Hardcover)
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Offers a study of the Japanese "hidden" Christians and the
development of their faith and rituals from the 16th century to the
present day. The Kakure Kirishitan are the descendants of the
communities who maintained the Christian faith in Japan as an
underground church during the time of persecution, and then chose
to remain separate from the Catholic Church when religious
toleration was granted in 1873. The island of Ikitsuku, where the
most active Kakure are to be found, was an important centre of
early Christianity, and its Kakure communities came into being when
differences were perceived between the beliefs and practices they
had preserved and orthodox Catholic teaching. Kakure worship
consists of prayer and the eating of a communal meal. The prayers
tend to be offered for worldly benefits, while the communal meal
has close links to the Catholic Mass, but has also absorbed Shinto
ceremonies involving feasting that were originally added as
camouflage for Christian gatherings. The Kakure faith shares with
Japanese religion a polytheistic and pluralistic nature, yet
maintains a unique identity in which recognizable Christian
elements are to be found. This study should have wide i
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