Critical Readings on Christianity in Japan (4 Vols. Set)

Critical Readings on Christianity in Japan is a multidisciplinary collection of scholarship on the history, cultural reshaping, and social impact of a relative latecomer to the world of Japanese religions. The selections examine the diverse institutional forms of Christianity and the role of this minority religion in Japanese society and culture.

About the author

Mark R. Mullins, Ph.D. (1985) in Religion and Society, McMaster University, is Professor of Japanese Studies and Director of the Japan Studies Centre at the University of Auckland. He has published widely on the sociology of Japanese religions and is the author of Christianity Made in Japan (1998) and editor of Handbook of Christianity in Japan (Brill, 2003).

Product details

• Assisted by: Mark R Mullins (Editor), Mark R. Mullins (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.03.2015
• EAN: 9789004235144
• ISBN: 978-90-04-23514-4
• No. of pages: 1468
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 244 mm x 104 mm
• Weight: 2797 g
• Series: Critical Readings
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity