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Chapter 1 Prophet of the Inner Life: Kitamura Tōkoku

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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Table of Contents v
  3. Contributors vii
  4. Abbreviations xiii
  5. Preface xv
  6. Introduction xix
  7. Chapter 1 Prophet of the Inner Life: Kitamura Tōkoku 1
  8. Chapter 2 Shimazaki Tōson and Christianity: When the Cherries Ripen in the Taishō Period 23
  9. Chapter 3 Arishima Takeo and Christianity 42
  10. Chapter 4 Akutagawa Ryūnosuke: A Christian Life 64
  11. Chapter 5 Incarnation of the Christian Faith in the Poetry of Yagi Jūkichi 84
  12. Chapter 6 Hori Tatsuo: The Cross Dyed in Bloody Red and the Little Gods of Ancient Times 99
  13. Chapter 7 Nagai Takashi on Divine Providence and Christian Self-Surrender: Towards a New Understanding of hansai 115
  14. Chapter 8 Dazai Osamu: His Wrestle with the Bible 137
  15. Chapter 9 Shiina Rinzō: His Two Visages 154
  16. Chapter 10 From out of the Depths: Shimao Toshio’s Literary Response to Adversity 170
  17. Chapter 11 Yasuoka Shōtarō and Christianity: From Postwar “Emptiness” to Religious Longing 189
  18. Chapter 12 Miura Ayako and the Human Face of Faith 207
  19. Chapter 13 Endō Shūsaku and the Compassionate Companionship of Christ 232
  20. Chapter 14 Ogawa Kunio: Renewal of Faith and Identity in His seishomono (Bible Stories) 262
  21. Chapter 15 Kaga Otohiko: In Search of What Lies Beyond Death 284
  22. Chapter 16 Sono Ayako: Amor Vincit Omnia 300
  23. Chapter 17 Takahashi Takako: Drawing Closer to God Through Literature 319
  24. Index 333
  25. Index of titles 343
Handbook of Japanese Christian Writers
This chapter is in the book Handbook of Japanese Christian Writers
https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048558223-005

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Table of Contents v
  3. Contributors vii
  4. Abbreviations xiii
  5. Preface xv
  6. Introduction xix
  7. Chapter 1 Prophet of the Inner Life: Kitamura Tōkoku 1
  8. Chapter 2 Shimazaki Tōson and Christianity: When the Cherries Ripen in the Taishō Period 23
  9. Chapter 3 Arishima Takeo and Christianity 42
  10. Chapter 4 Akutagawa Ryūnosuke: A Christian Life 64
  11. Chapter 5 Incarnation of the Christian Faith in the Poetry of Yagi Jūkichi 84
  12. Chapter 6 Hori Tatsuo: The Cross Dyed in Bloody Red and the Little Gods of Ancient Times 99
  13. Chapter 7 Nagai Takashi on Divine Providence and Christian Self-Surrender: Towards a New Understanding of hansai 115
  14. Chapter 8 Dazai Osamu: His Wrestle with the Bible 137
  15. Chapter 9 Shiina Rinzō: His Two Visages 154
  16. Chapter 10 From out of the Depths: Shimao Toshio’s Literary Response to Adversity 170
  17. Chapter 11 Yasuoka Shōtarō and Christianity: From Postwar “Emptiness” to Religious Longing 189
  18. Chapter 12 Miura Ayako and the Human Face of Faith 207
  19. Chapter 13 Endō Shūsaku and the Compassionate Companionship of Christ 232
  20. Chapter 14 Ogawa Kunio: Renewal of Faith and Identity in His seishomono (Bible Stories) 262
  21. Chapter 15 Kaga Otohiko: In Search of What Lies Beyond Death 284
  22. Chapter 16 Sono Ayako: Amor Vincit Omnia 300
  23. Chapter 17 Takahashi Takako: Drawing Closer to God Through Literature 319
  24. Index 333
  25. Index of titles 343
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