Add to ORKGJapan is a land of many contrasts. It is modern yet rooted in tradition. In general, Japanese do not have much interest in religions, yet religions are overflowing in Japan. Christianity is a minority religion in Japan, and the Catholic Charismatic Renewal Movement started there in 1972. In this paper, the author examines the influence of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal Movement on the Japanese, especially through its ministry of healing. Further, he examines the challenges to this work arising from various new religious movements, shamans, spiritual therapists, and sects that promise healing, wealth, and prosperity
This thesis addresses the current cultural engagement done by the Japanese church, with particular a...
This is the published version, made available with the permission of the publisher
This dissertation locates Japan’s place in the world-historical phenomenon of Christianization. Inte...
The New Religions in Japan, is in disguise a real renascence of Buddhism. That, for one thing, it fo...
During the past half century, there have been many examples of Buddhist-Christian dialogues in Japan...
In the last fifteen years and particularly since the rise to media stardom of self-proclaimed "spiri...
The beginnings of the expansion of Japan’s New Religions overseas go back as far as the Meiji period...
In the last fifteen years and particularly since the rise to media stardom of self-proclaimed "spiri...
Japan is currently experiencing a widespread religious revival. Specialist publications about the Ja...
Observers of the new religions in Japan and America have often argued that these religions attract f...
RELIGIONS IN JAPAN There are three main religions In Japan, Shinto Indigenous to Japan, Buddhism or...
This paper examines the decline of traditional religions in Japan. With the impact of WWlI and post-...
Whenever Christian missionaries proselytize, they always discuss the interaction between culture and...
This article analyzes a few selected case studies from different religious traditions in contemporar...
Someone who visits Japan today, even for a short amount of time, will most likely feel caught in a t...
This thesis addresses the current cultural engagement done by the Japanese church, with particular a...
This is the published version, made available with the permission of the publisher
This dissertation locates Japan’s place in the world-historical phenomenon of Christianization. Inte...
The New Religions in Japan, is in disguise a real renascence of Buddhism. That, for one thing, it fo...
During the past half century, there have been many examples of Buddhist-Christian dialogues in Japan...
In the last fifteen years and particularly since the rise to media stardom of self-proclaimed "spiri...
The beginnings of the expansion of Japan’s New Religions overseas go back as far as the Meiji period...
In the last fifteen years and particularly since the rise to media stardom of self-proclaimed "spiri...
Japan is currently experiencing a widespread religious revival. Specialist publications about the Ja...
Observers of the new religions in Japan and America have often argued that these religions attract f...
RELIGIONS IN JAPAN There are three main religions In Japan, Shinto Indigenous to Japan, Buddhism or...
This paper examines the decline of traditional religions in Japan. With the impact of WWlI and post-...
Whenever Christian missionaries proselytize, they always discuss the interaction between culture and...
This article analyzes a few selected case studies from different religious traditions in contemporar...
Someone who visits Japan today, even for a short amount of time, will most likely feel caught in a t...
This thesis addresses the current cultural engagement done by the Japanese church, with particular a...
This is the published version, made available with the permission of the publisher
This dissertation locates Japan’s place in the world-historical phenomenon of Christianization. Inte...