Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figure and Tables ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction: Catholicism, Modernity, and Japanese Culture 1
6. 1 Catholic Women Religious and Catholicism in Japan: 1872-1940 31
7. 2 Toward a History of Christian Scientists in Japan 47
8. 3 Tanaka Ko¯taro¯ and Natural Law 64
9. 4 Catholicism and Contemporary Man 80
10. 5 Kanayama Masahide: Catholicism and Mid-Twentieth-Century Japanese Diplomacy 91
11. 6 Crossing the Deep River: Endo¯ Shu¯saku and the Problem of Religious Pluralism 115
12. 7 An Essay on Sono Ayako 134
13. 8 The Theory and Practice of Inculturation by Father Inoue Yo¯ji: From Panentheism to Namu Abba 145
14. 9 Between Inculturation and Globalization: The Situation of Catholicism in Contemporary Japanese Society 169
15. Bibliography 193
16. Contributors 204
17. Index 207