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1 online resource (305 pages) |
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| Summary |
Drawing on both Canadian and Japanese sources, this book investigates the life, work, and attitudes of Canadian Protestant missionaries in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan (the three main constituent parts of the pre-1945 Japanese empire) from the arrival of the first Canadian missionary in East Asia in 1872 until 1931. Canadian missionaries made a significant contribution to the development of the Protestant movement in the Japanese Empire. Yet their influence also extended far beyond the Christian sphere. Through their educational, social, and medical work; their role in introducing new Western ide. |
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Acknowledgements; Preface; Illustrations; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE Home Base and Overseas Missions; CHAPTER TWO Early Days in Japan; CHAPTER THREE The Koishikawa Band; CHAPTER FOUR Contrasts in Japan and Taiwan; CHAPTER FIVE Christianization in Japan; CHAPTER SIX Missionary Life in the Japanese Empire; CHAPTER SEVEN Missionaries and Education; CHAPTER EIGHT Evangelism and Social Work; CHAPTER NINE Democracy and Imperialism; CHAPTER TEN Toward the Future; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Missions -- Japan.
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Missions. |
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Japan. |
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Missions -- East Asia.
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East Asia. |
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Missions, Canadian -- Japan -- History.
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Missions, Canadian. |
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History. |
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Missions, Canadian -- East Asia -- History.
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Missions, British -- Japan -- History.
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Missions, British. |
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Missions, British -- East Asia -- History.
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Protestant churches -- Missions -- Japan -- History.
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Protestant churches -- Missions. |
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Protestant churches -- Missions -- East Asia -- History.
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Japan -- Church history.
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Church history. |
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East Asia -- Church history.
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Electronic books.
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Church history.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Ion, A. Hamish. Cross and the Rising Sun, Volume 1 : The Canadian Protestant Missionary Movement in the Japanese Empire, 1872-1931. Waterloo : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, ©2006 9780889209770 |
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9780889207608 (electronic book) |
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0889207607 (electronic book) |
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9780889209770 |
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