Resistance to Japanese Nationalism: Christian Responses to Proposed Constitutional Amendments in Japan
The article discusses the efforts by evangelical Christians in Japan to oppose the planned amendments to the country's constitution. Also cited are the plan by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to establish Japan's self-defence force, the ecclesiology of Abraham Kuyper as a guide f...
| Published in: | Evangelical review of theology |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Paternoster Periodicals
[2019]
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Evangelical review of theology
Year: 2019, Volume: 43, Issue: 4, Pages: 330-344 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics KBM Asia KDG Free church |
| Further subjects: | B
JAPAN; Politics & government
B Nationalism B Religion & Politics B Japan B CHURCH & politics B CONSTITUTIONAL amendments B Evangelicalism |
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| Summary: | The article discusses the efforts by evangelical Christians in Japan to oppose the planned amendments to the country's constitution. Also cited are the plan by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to establish Japan's self-defence force, the ecclesiology of Abraham Kuyper as a guide for Christians to oppose issues related to nationalism in Japan, and the support of Prime Minister Abe Shinzo of the proposed constitutional revision. |
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| ISSN: | 0144-8153 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Evangelical review of theology
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