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Japan´s Modern Prophet: Uchimura Kanzô, 1861-1930
John F. Howes
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Paperback. Charts the introduction of Christianity to Japan through the life of Uchimura Kanzo, was one of Japan's foremost thinkers, whose ideas influenced contemporary novelists, statesmen, reformers, and religious leaders. Series: Asian Religions and Society. Num Pages: 464 pages, 20 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BGX; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 632.
Uchimura Kanzô was one of Japan’s foremost thinkers, whose ideasinfluenced contemporary novelists, statesmen, reformers, and religiousleaders. He lived at a time of increasing modernization and rapidsocial change. Known as the originator and proponent of a particularly“Japanese” form of Christianity known as mukyôkai, Uchimurastruggled with the tensions between his love for the homeland and hislove for God. Articulate, prolific, passionate, and profound, he earneda reputation as the most consistent critic of his society and the mostknowledgeable Japanese interpreter of Christianity and its Bible. Inaddition to teaching and giving public lectures, he wrote numerousbooks and articles -- in both English and Japanese -- edited newspapersand periodicals, and founded several magazines. Through the prism ofthis exceptional man’s life, John Howes charts, in this tour deforce, what it meant to live during the introduction of Christianity toJapan.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Series
Asian Religions and Society
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774811460
SKU
V9780774811460
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About John F. Howes
John F. Howes, Professor Emeritus of Asian Studies atthe University of British Columbia, was awarded the Order of the RisingSun by the Government of Japan in 2004.
Reviews for Japan´s Modern Prophet: Uchimura Kanzô, 1861-1930
This huge, ambitious study is the final product of 50 years of research and reflection, and should become an indispensable first reference for anyone seeking detailed information in English about Uchimura. A welcome addition to the fast-growing body of valuable new writing on Japan.
C.L. Yates, Earlham College
Choice
In researching this masterful work, Howes delved deeply into Uchimura’s writings, diaries and letters in order to portray his subject as a passionate yet conflicted man influenced as much by internal pressures as he was by external forces ... With this book, Howes has made an important and detailed contribution to our understanding of Japanese Christians in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Jeff Alexander, the University of British Columbia
Pacific Affairs, vol. 78, no. 4, winter 2005/2006
This long-awaited critical biography of Uchimura, by John Howes, professor emeritus of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia, represents over fifty years of dedicated study ... The book is skillfully structure, enabling Howes to link his sensitive analysis of Uchimura’s intellectual development to the major events in his life and the world around him.
Helen Ballhatchet, Keio University, Tokyo
International Bulletin of Missionary Research, vol. 30, no. 3, July 2006
C.L. Yates, Earlham College
Choice
In researching this masterful work, Howes delved deeply into Uchimura’s writings, diaries and letters in order to portray his subject as a passionate yet conflicted man influenced as much by internal pressures as he was by external forces ... With this book, Howes has made an important and detailed contribution to our understanding of Japanese Christians in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Jeff Alexander, the University of British Columbia
Pacific Affairs, vol. 78, no. 4, winter 2005/2006
This long-awaited critical biography of Uchimura, by John Howes, professor emeritus of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia, represents over fifty years of dedicated study ... The book is skillfully structure, enabling Howes to link his sensitive analysis of Uchimura’s intellectual development to the major events in his life and the world around him.
Helen Ballhatchet, Keio University, Tokyo
International Bulletin of Missionary Research, vol. 30, no. 3, July 2006