Christianity and Imperialism in Modern Japan: Empire for God

by Emily Anderson, Christopher Gerteis (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781474282765
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	04/21/2016
Series:	SOAS Studies in Modern and Contemporary Japan
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	328
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 5.30(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Emily Anderson is Assistant Professor of History at Washington State University, USA.

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

Editorial Reviews

"Anderson's research provides numerous insights into Christian history in Japan before 1945 ... [She] has given us a well-researched and original investigation into a part of Japanese history too long neglected." -Japan Review

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