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American missionaries, Christian oyatoi, and Japan, 1859-73 / Hamish Ion.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ion, A. Hamish.
- Series:
- Asian religions and society series.
- Asian religions and society series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Missions, American--Japan--History--19th century.
- Missions, American.
- Protestant churches--Missions--Japan--History--19th century.
- Protestant churches.
- Missionaries--Japan--History--19th century.
- Missionaries.
- Missionaries--Japan--Biography.
- Japan--Church history--19th century.
- Japan.
- Physical Description:
- 1 electronic text (xxiv, 410 p.) : digital file.
- Place of Publication:
- Vancouver : UBC Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Japan closed its doors to foreigners for over two hundred years because of religious and political instability caused by Christianity. By 1859, foreign residents were once again living in treaty ports in Japan, but edicts banning Christianity remained enforced until 1873. Ion investigates the impact of American Protestant missionaries and Christian laymen, or oyatoi, from their arrival in 1859 to the open propagation of Christianity in 1873. His exploration of their aspirations and efforts in private, mission, and government schools reveals that the transmission of values and beliefs was not a simple matter of acceptance or rejection. Missionaries saw promise in the face of hostility and, as informal agents of the United States, served as cultural mediators between East and West. This account of a crucial but neglected aspect of Japanese-American relations will appeal to students and scholars of modern Japan, international relations, and Christian missions.
- Contents:
- Beginnings in Bakumatsu Japan
- Hoping for change
- In the midst of restoration
- Persecution
- Overseas students
- Teacjhing in the provinces and in Tokyo
- Reinforcements and new beginnings
- The Yokohama band.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-395) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-33529-8
- 9786613335296
- 0-7748-1649-X
- OCLC:
- 750236157
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