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A Christian in the Land of the Gods : Journey of Faith in Japan.
In November 1877, three months after Emperor Meiji's conscript army of commoners defeated forces led by Japan's famous ""last samurai, "" the Reverend Tom Alexander and his new wife, Emma, arrived in Japan, a country where Christianity had been punishable by death until...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Eugene :
Wipf and Stock Publishers,
2016.
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Full text (Wentworth users only) |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | In November 1877, three months after Emperor Meiji's conscript army of commoners defeated forces led by Japan's famous ""last samurai, "" the Reverend Tom Alexander and his new wife, Emma, arrived in Japan, a country where Christianity had been punishable by death until 1868.A Christian in the Land of the Gods offers an intimate view of hardships and challenges faced by nineteenth-century missionaries working to plant their faith in a country just emerging from two and a half centuries of self-imposed seclusion. The narrative takes place against the backdrop of wrenching change in Japan and Gre. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (304 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781498224918 1498224911 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |