Penance in the Jesuit Mission to Japan, 1549-1562
The early modern Japanese Church developed syncretistic practices in which Roman Catholicism came to function similarly to Buddhism and Shintō. This study examines the development of such practices, with particular focus on penitential rituals. It argues that certain of these rites were produced in...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2016]
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The journal of ecclesiastical history
Year: 2016, Volume: 67, Issue: 2, Pages: 306-324 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Japan
/ Jesuits
/ Mission (international law
/ Confession
/ Adaptation
/ History 1549-1562
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| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality CH Christianity and Society KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBM Asia KDB Roman Catholic Church RJ Mission; missiology |
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| Summary: | The early modern Japanese Church developed syncretistic practices in which Roman Catholicism came to function similarly to Buddhism and Shintō. This study examines the development of such practices, with particular focus on penitential rituals. It argues that certain of these rites were produced in the very early years of the mission through extensive discussions between European priests and Japanese Christians. They were compromises that were both hard-fought and intentional. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-7637 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of ecclesiastical history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S002204691500161X |