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Authority and Obedience

Romans 13:1-7 in Modern Japan Translated by Gregory Vanderbilt

  • Hardback
  • 197 pages
  • Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
  • 15.7 x 23.3 x 1.9 cm

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Despite famously small numbers, Christians have had a distinctive presence in modern Japan, particularly for their witness on behalf of democracy and religious freedom. A translation of Ken'i to Fukuju: Kindai Nihon ni okeru Rōma-sho Jusan-sho (2003), Authority and Obedience is«a personal pre-history of the postwar generation of Japanese Christian intellectuals deeply committed to democracy. Using Japanese Christians' commentary on Paul's injunction in Romans 13: 1-7, the counsel to«let every person be subject to the governing authorities; for there is no authority except from God..., Miyata offers an intellectual history of how Japanese Christians understood the emperor-focused modern state from the time of the first Protestant missionaries in the mid-nineteenth century through the climax and demise of fascism during the Pacific War. Stressing verse 5's admonition to«conscience as the reason for obedience, Miyata provides a clear and political perspective grounded in his lifelong engagement with German political thought and theology, particularly that of Karl Barth and Dietrich Bonhoeffer, as he calls for a conscientious citizenry in his modern society. Showing both Christians' complicity with the state and the empire - including the formation of a unified church, the Nihon Kirisuto Kyōdan - and their attitude toward Christians in Asia, and the complexity of the critical voices of Christians like Uchimura Kanzō, Kashiwagi Gien, Nanbara Shigeru, and many others less well known - Miyata's work aims not at exposing cultural particularity but at showing how the modern Japanese Christian experience can give meaning to a theology and a political theory of how to live within the«freedom of religious belief.
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  • Title

    Authority and Obedience

  • Authors

    Gregory Vanderbilt +1

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Peter Lang Publishing Inc

  • Published

    October 2009

  • Edition

    1st New edition

  • Weight

    492g

  • Page Count

    197

  • Dimensions

    15.7 x 23.3 x 1.9 cm

  • ISBN

    9781433106798

  • ISBN-10

    1433106795

  • Eden Code

    4047577

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