Designed for classroom study, this anthology provides the students with interpretations and perspectives on the significance of religion in modern Japan. Emphas

Essays on the Modern Japanese Church (Gendai Nihon kyokai shiron), published in 1906, was the first Japanese-language history of Christianity in Meiji Japan. Ya

Throughout its long history, Japan had no concept of what we call “religion.” There was no corresponding Japanese word, nor anything close to its meaning. B

What role does religion play in contemporary Japanese society and in the lives of Japanese people today? This text examines the major areas in which the Japanes