TY  - BOOK
AU  - Higashibaba,Ikuo
TI  - Christianity in Early Modern Japan: Kirishitan Belief and Practice 
T2  - Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495
SN  - 9789047401094
AV  - BR1306 
U1  - 275.2/06 23
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Leiden; , Boston
PB  - BRILL
KW  - Christendom
KW  - Kakure Kirishitan
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - When the Jesuit missionary Francis Xavier introduced Catholic Christianity to Japan in 1549, it developed quickly in the country. The Japanese called this new religious movement and its believers Kirishitan. This volume explores the popular religious life and culture of the native adherents, which have been so often ignored in conventional studies of Christianity in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Japan. Subjects included are lay missionaries, followers' engagement in symbols and rituals, Japanese catechism, and apostasy, underground practice, and martyrdom under persecution. This book provides fascinating new information about the faith and practice of the Japanese followers, and expands the horizon of historical studies of Japanese Christianity. It will be an important source for students of Japanese studies, religious history, and studies of cross-cultural interaction
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789047401094
ER  -