The Kakure Kirishitan of Japan

A Study of Their Development, Beliefs and Rituals to the Present Day

Stephen Turnbull (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

316 Seiten

2016
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-97396-1 (ISBN)

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First major study in English of the Japanese 'hidden' Christians and the development of the faith and rituals from the 16th century to the present day.

First major study in English of the Japanese 'hidden' Christians - the Kakure Kirishitan, who chose to remain separate from the Catholic Church when religious toleration was granted in 1873 - and the development of the faith and rituals from the 16th century to the present day.

Stephen Turnbull

1 Introduction 2 The historical background to the Kakure faith 3 The organization of the Kakure communities and their relationship to Catholicism 4 The origins and uses of the Kakure gozensama 5 Christian martyrs and the sacred places of the Kakure Kirishitan 6 The Kakure worship calendar and the role of prayer 7 The structure of Kakure worship and the significance of the communal meal 8 The spirit world and the Kakure Kirishitan 9 Death, ancestors and the Kakure Kirishitan 10 The Kakure in Context

Erscheinungsdatum	05.02.2016
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	426 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Liturgik / Homiletik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	1-138-97396-3 / 1138973963
ISBN-13	978-1-138-97396-1 / 9781138973961
Zustand	Neuware