American Protestant leaders' understanding of transnational Christianity in The return to Japan (1945)

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  • The Return to Japan (1945)に見る終戦直後における米国プロテスタント指導者の国境を超えるキリスト教理解
  • The Return to Japan 1945 ニ ミル シュウセン チョクゴ ニオケル ベイコク プロテスタント シドウシャ ノ コッキョウ オ コエル キリストキョウ リカイ
  • The Return to Japan 1945に見る終戦直後における米国プロテスタント指導者の国境を超えるキリスト教理解

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Four American Protestant leaders, as the first non-military personnel, visited occupied Japan as early as October 1945 aiming to resume their communion with Japanese Christians disrupted by the war and their common religious mission in Japan as ecumenical work. As the document, The Return to Japan, demonstrates, they understood Christianity more inclusively as a transnational religion. Unlike General MacArthur and President Truman who assumed Christianity as an "American" religion, their Christian faith was not confined to nation-state boundaries but allowed them to work together for a larger goal and to have a more equal relationship with their Japanese counterparts.

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  • キリスト教社会問題研究

    キリスト教社会問題研究 (68), 117-128, 2019-12-20

    Institute for Study of Humanities & Social Sciences, Doshisha University

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