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Japanese Christian leader Takakura Tokutaro (1885-1934) is the focus of this exhaustive historical and theological study. Despite having played important leadership roles within the Protestant Church in Japan during the 1920s and early 1930s, Takakura's name is scarcely known outside limited Japanese theological circles. This study lends recognition to his influential role in the Christian Church. It also utilizes Takakura's example to provide further insight into the universalizing trend in Christian thought that continues even today.
List of contents
Chapter 1 List of Figures Chapter 2 Foreword Chapter 3 Preface Chapter 4 Acknowledgments Chapter 5 Introduction Chapter 6 Endnotes Chapter 7 Part I: The Life Context that Shaped Takakura's Thought: Takakura the Human Being: Home and Family; Personality and Character; Experience of Meiji, Taisho, and early Showa Japan; Conversion and Career; Death; Endnotes Chapter 8 Part II: The Christian Faith Conveyed to Takakura through the Church in Meiji Japan: Meiji Christianity's Socio-political Context; Organizational Developments; Theological Understandings; Uemura Masahisa; Endnotes; The Christian Faith Conveyed to Chapter 9 Takakura's Articulation of the Christian Faith Within His contemporary Situation: Japanese Language and Context; Fukuinteki Kirisutokyo; The Historical Context of Fukuinteki Kirisutokyo; Endnotes Chapter 10 Analysis of Takakura's Thought: The Development of Takakura's Thought; Takakura's Thought in Relation to Western Systematic Theology; Structural Elements in Takakura's Thought; Endnotes Chapter 11 Conclusion Chapter 12 Endnotes Chapter 13 Appendix: Items for Further Research Chapter 14 Endnotes Chapter 15 Bibliography Chapter 16 Author Biographical Sketch Chapter 17 Index
About the author
J. Nelson Jennings is Associate Professor at Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri. Professor Jennings holds a Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland and a M.Div., Magna Cum laude, from the Covenant Theological Seminary.
