Christianity And Imperialism In Modern Japan: Empire For God (Soas Studies In Modern And Contemporary Japan)

Christianity and Imperialism in Modern Japan explores how Japanese Protestants engaged with the unsettling changes that resulted from Japan's emergence as a world power in the early 20th century. Through this analysis, the book offers a new perspective on the intersection of religion and imperialism in modern Japan. Emily Anderson reassesses religion as a critical site of negotiation between the state and its subjects as part of Japan's emergence as a modern nation-state and colonial empire. The book shows how religion, including its adherents and the state's attempts to determine acceptable belief, is a necessary subject of study for a nuanced understanding of modern Japanese history.

• • Author: Emily Anderson
• • Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• • Publication Date: Dec 01, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 328 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1472508564
• • ISBN-13: 9781472508560