In Search of Japan's Hidden Christians

ISBN-13: 9780281075522 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 256 str.

John Dougill

Opis

For seven generations, Japan's 'Hidden Christians' preserved a faith that was forbidden on pain of death. Just as remarkably, descendants of the Hidden Christians continue to practise their beliefs today, refusing to rejoin the Catholic Church. Why? And what is it about Japanese culture that makes it so resistant to Western Christianity?