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050 00 $aBR1305$b.M5913 2009
082 00 $a280/.40952$222
100 1 $aMiyata, Mitsuo,$d1928-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81149436
240 10 $aKen'i to Fukujū.$lEnglish$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2009053413
245 10 $aAuthority and obedience :$bRomans 13:1-7 in modern Japan /$cMitsuo Miyata ; translated by Gregory Vanderbilt.
260 $aNew York :$bPeter Lang,$c[2009], ©2009.
300 $axxiv, 197 pages ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aAmerican university studies. Series VII, Theology and religion,$x0740-0446 ;$vv. 294
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $tTranslator's Introduction: Christianity and Conscientious Citizens in Miyata Mitsuo's Modern Japan -- $gIntroduction.$tAnalytical Perspective -- $gCh. 1.$tThe Protestant Missionaries -- $gCh. 2.$tRomans 13: 1-7 and Christianity in the Meiji Period -- $gCh. 3.$tTaisho Democracy and Romans 13: 1-7 -- $gCh. 4.$tChristianity during the Establishment of Emperor-System Fascism -- $gCh. 5.$tIn the Midst ofthe Pacific War -- $tConclusion: Reflections on the Past and Future.
520 1 $a"Despite famously small numbers, Christians have had a distinctive presence in modern Japan, particularly for their witness on behalf of democracy and religious freedom. A translation of Ken'i to Fukuju: Kindai Nihon ni okeru Roma-sho Jusan-sho (2003), Authority and Obedience is "a personal pre-history" of the postwar generation of Japanese Christian intellectuals deeply committed to democracy. Using Japanese Christians' commentary on Paul's injunction in Romans 13: 1-7, the counsel to "let every person be subject to the governing authorities; for there is no authority except from God...," Miyata offers an intellectual history of how Japanese Christians understood the emperor-focused modern state from the time of the first Protestant missionaries in the mid-nineteenth century through the climax and demise of fascism during the Pacific War. Stressing verse 5's admonition to "conscience" as the reason for obedience, Miyata provides a clear and political perspective grounded in his lifelong engagement with German political thought and theology, particularly that of Karl Barth and Dietrich Bonhoeffer, as he calls for a conscientious citizenry in his modern society. Showing both Christians' complicity with the state and the empire - including the formation of a unified church, the Nihon Kirisuto Kyodan - and their attitude toward Christians in Asia, and the complexity of the critical voices of Christians like Uchimura Kanzo, Kashiwagi Gien, Nanbara Shigeru, and many others less well known - Miyata's work aims not at exposing cultural particularity but at showing how the modern Japanese Christian experience can give meaning to a theology and a political theory of how to live within the "freedom of religious belief.""--BOOK JACKET.
651 0 $aJapan$xChurch history.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069356
630 00 $aBible.$pRomans, XIII, 10-7$xCriticism, interpretation, etc.
650 0 $aTheology, Doctrinal$zJapan$xHistory.
650 0 $aAuthority$xBiblical teaching.
650 0 $aObedience$xBiblical teaching.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85093629
650 0 $aChristianity and politics$zJapan$xHistory.
830 0 $aAmerican university studies.$nSeries VII,$pTheology and religion ;$vv. 294.
852 00 $buts$hBR1305$i.M5913 2009