| Description |
1 online resource (274 pages) |
| Contents |
Preface; Acknowledgments; Timeline; Japanese Eras; In Search of Japan's Hidden Christians; Prelude (Tanegashima); Chapter One -- Genesis(Kagoshima); Chapter Two -- The Word(Yamaguchi); Chapter Three -- Good News(Azuchi); Chapter Four -- Commandments (Hakata); Chapter Five -- Crucifixion (Nagasaki); Chapter Six -- Persecution (Omura); Chapter Seven -- Apocalypse (Shimabara); Chapter Eight -- Post-Apocalypse (Amakusa Islands); Chapter Nine -- Silence(Sotome); Chapter Ten -- Sanctuary(Goto Islands); Chapter Eleven -- Revelation (Urakami); Chapter Twelve -- Last Rites (Hirado); Notes; Bibliography |
| Summary |
From the time the first Christian missionary arrived in Japan in 1549 to when a nationwide ban was issued in 1614, over 300,000 Japanese were converted to Christianity. A vicious campaign of persecution forced the faithful to go underground. For seven generations, Hidden Christians--or Kirishitan--preserved a faith that was strictly forbidden on pain of death. Illiterate peasants handed down the Catholicism that had been taught to their ancestors despite having no Bible or contact with the outside world. Just as remarkably, descendants of the Hidden Christians continue to this day to practice th |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Catholic Church -- Japan -- History
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Catholic Church -- History.
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| SUBJECT |
Catholic Church fast |
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Crypto-Christians -- Japan
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Christianity -- Japan
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Christianity
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Crypto-Christians
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| SUBJECT |
Japan -- Church history.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069356
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| Subject |
Japan
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| Genre/Form |
Church history
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781462905799 |
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146290579X |
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0281075530 |
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9780281075539 |
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