Christianity and Imperialism in Modern Japan

Empire for God

Christianity and Imperialism in Modern Japan

Empire for God

Emily Anderson (Author)

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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.

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

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Published	Apr 21 2016
Format	Paperback
Edition	1st
Extent	328
ISBN	9781474282765
Imprint	Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions	9 x 6 inches
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Author

Emily Anderson

Emily Anderson is an independent scholar based in…

Anderson uses sources such as personal notebooks and diaries to great effect ... A solidly researched and sympathetically written work of scholarship.

American Historical Review
Anderson portrays a fascinating journey of interwoven lives and dreams on a sweeping scale ... manag[ing] to capture the often overlooked Christian dimension of imperial Japan.

English Historical Review
[W]ell-researched and engaging ... [A] thought-provoking and interesting book that deserves a wide audience among both those interested in the intellectual and religious history of Meiji and Taisho Japan and specialists in colonial and imperial studies.

Monumenta Nipponica
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