Christianity and Imperialism in Modern Japan Empire for God

by Anderson, Emily; Gerteis, Christopher

• ISBN13: 9781474282765
• ISBN10: 1474282768
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2016-04-21
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

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
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Index