Christian converts and social protest in Meiji Japan / Irwin Scheiner
1970, 1st edition. Berkeley : University of California. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #389430
ISBN: 0520015851
Physical description; 268 pp. Contents; -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Protestant Evangelists and Christian Samurai -- 3. Alienation and Conversion -- 4. Westernization and Conversion -- 5. Toward Social Criticism -- 6. Niijima J : The Conscience of a Christian -- 7. The Founding of a School and the Cultivation of a Nation -- 8. Loyalty and Criticism -- Bibliographic Essay -- Bibliography -- Index. Subjects; Ch sen K gei Kenky kai. Christian converts from Confucianism Japan. Samurai Religious life. Christian converts from Confucianism Japan. Japan History Restoration, 1853-1870.
Price: €18.00