- 371 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF
Handbook of Japanese Christian Writers
About this book
Although a century and a half of Christian proselytizing has only led to the conversion of about one percent of the Japanese population, the proportion of writers who have either been baptized or significantly influenced in their work by Christian teachings is much higher.
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Table of contents
- Table of Contents
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Prophet of the Inner Life: Kitamura Tōkoku
- Chapter 2 Shimazaki Tōson and Christianity: When the Cherries Ripen in the Taishō Period
- Chapter 3 Arishima Takeo and Christianity
- Chapter 4 Akutagawa Ryūnosuke: A Christian Life
- Chapter 5 Incarnation of the Christian Faith in the Poetry of Yagi Jūkichi
- Chapter 6 Hori Tatsuo: The Cross Dyed in Bloody Red and the Little Gods of Ancient Times
- Chapter 7 Nagai Takashi on Divine Providence and Christian Self-Surrender: Towards a New Understanding of hansai
- Chapter 8 Dazai Osamu: His Wrestle with the Bible
- Chapter 9 Shiina Rinzō: His Two Visages
- Chapter 10 From out of the Depths: Shimao Toshio’s Literary Response to Adversity
- Chapter 11 Yasuoka Shōtarō and Christianity: From Postwar “Emptiness” to Religious Longing
- Chapter 12 Miura Ayako and the Human Face of Faith
- Chapter 13 Endō Shūsaku and the Compassionate Companionship of Christ
- Chapter 14 Ogawa Kunio: Renewal of Faith and Identity in His seishomono (Bible Stories)
- Chapter 15 Kaga Otohiko: In Search of What Lies Beyond Death
- Chapter 16 Sono Ayako: Amor Vincit Omnia
- Chapter 17 Takahashi Takako: Drawing Closer to God Through Literature
- Index
- Index of titles