Christian Martyrdom in Japanese Contexts: The Amakusa-Shimabara Revolt and Christian Martyrs

This presentation features my fieldwork on a Catholic Christian uprising by 37,000 villagers and explores what martyrdom means in Japan’s contemporary socio-cultural contexts. My initial purpose for the fieldwork was to understand why presumably peace-loving Japanese Christians chose to take up arms...

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Main Author: Okuyama, Yoshiko (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Common Ground Publishing 2015
In: The international journal of religion and spirituality in society
Year: 2015, Volume: 5, Issue: 3, Pages: 33-41
Further subjects:B Japan
B Uprisings
B Catholicism
B Religious Persecution
B Altruism
B Christianity
B Martyrdom
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