Based on historical analysis, Samuel Lee demonstrates how women have been treated and played an active role in each era of Japanese history. Japanese Women & Christianity is an important book that informs about women's achievements in numerous domains such as politics, welfare, culture, pop culture, and education, and how women contributed to the formation and growth of society in each century. My appreciation to the author for his warm and affirming attitude toward women, as well as for his high regard for women and belief in their potential. Japanese Women & Christianity allows Japan to reflect on the past and re-examine the role that women play in society and in the world.
-Dr. Eiko Takamizawa Editorial board for the Journal of the Japan Missiological Society Former professor of Intercultural Studies at Torch Trinity Graduate University Seoul, South Korea
In Japanese Women & Christianity, Samuel Lee emphasizes the tremendous contribution that Japanese women of faith have made by drawing on church history, personal tales, gender studies, and cultural analysis. Lee illustrates the unique contributions that context has on a greater understanding of faith and culture by delving deeply into the particularities of Japanese women and Christianity. He brings to light an often overlooked narrative: the story of Japanese women and Christianity. Samuel Lee's important work brings to light an invisible story-that of Japanese women and Christianity.
-Nikki Toyama-Szeto, Executive Director, Christians for Social Action Co-editor, More than Serving Tea (IVP)
Samuel Lee provides this invaluable collection of Christian Japanese women's biographical sketches, deftly interwoven with concise historical analysis. Highlighting Christian women in Japan is a long overdue and desperately needed contribution, particularly for an English-language audience. While drawing on other biographers' labors, Lee has creatively compiled an original study that will no doubt open many doors for further study of Japan's many heroines of the Christian movement.
-Rev. Dr. J. Nelson Jennings Editor, Global Missiology - English
Author of Theology in Japan: Takakura Tokutaro (1885-1934)