Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Prologue: Along the Big Question Mark xv
6. PART I. BEGINNINGS
7. 1 Pilgrims in the Strange Homeland 3
8. 2 Japanese Blood, Brazilian Birth, and Transnational God 12
9. Part Two. SUSPENDED
10. 3 Putting Aside Living 35
11. 4 Neither Here nor There 53
12. Part Three. RENEWED
13. 5 Back to the Present 77
14. 6 The Culture of Love 93
15. Part Four. CONTESTED
16. 7 Of Two Bloods 113
17. 8 Ancestors of God 133
18. Part Five. RETURNS
19. 9 Accompanied Self 157
20. 10 Jesus Loves Japan 180
21. Epilogue: En Route to Impossible Homes 187
22. Notes 191
23. Bibliography 205
24. Index 227