This week, we’ll cover the striving of Japanese Christians to be accepted as genuine patriots by the government during the pre-war era. This striving will lead to closer and closer ties between the state and religion; it will also invite danger once we get into the war years.
Sources
Garon, Sheldon M. “State and Religion in Imperial Japan, 1912-1945.” Journal of Japanese Studies 12, No 2 (Summer 1986).
Murayama-Cain, Yumi. “Japanese Church History: Historical Background and the Issue of Identity.” Humanistica e Teologia 31, No 2 (2010).
Ikado, Fujio. “The Origin of the Social Status of Protestant Christianity in Japan (1859-1918).” Contemporary Religions in Japan 2, No 1 (March, 1969).
Ohnuki-Tierney, Emiko. Kamikaze Diaries: Reflections of Japanese Student Soldiers.
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Did the Russian Orthodox church attempt to missionize in Japan if so who were the people joining that faith and how was it treated by the state? Did the 1904 war effect how Japan dealt with Orthodox faithful? Also what about after the Russian revolution when Japan took over much of Russia’s sphere of influence where many Orthodox Christians had moved?
I found this article about it. Seems like there was some proselytizing in the 19th century, but not so much after the Russo-Japanese War. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/07/18/national/history/propagating-russian-orthodox-faith-japan/