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Christianity and Imperialism in Modern Japan: Empire for God
Contributor(s): Anderson, Emily (Author)
ISBN: 1472508564     ISBN-13: 9781472508560
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
OUR PRICE:   $173.25  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: December 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Asia - General
- History | Modern - 20th Century
- Religion | Religion, Politics & State
Dewey: 275.208
LCCN: 2014015361
Series: Soas Studies in Modern and Contemporary Japan
Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.41 lbs) 328 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Asian
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
- Cultural Region - Japanese
- Religious Orientation - Christian
 
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Christianity and Imperialism in Modern Japan explores how Japanese Protestants engaged with the unsettling changes that resulted from Japan's emergence as a world power in the early 20th century. Through this analysis, the book offers a new perspective on the intersection of religion and imperialism in modern Japan.

Emily Anderson reassesses religion as a critical site of negotiation between the state and its subjects as part of Japan's emergence as a modern nation-state and colonial empire. The book shows how religion, including its adherents and the state's attempts to determine acceptable belief, is a necessary subject of study for a nuanced understanding of modern Japanese history.