Ideology and Christianity in Japan Book

Introduction 1

1 Japanese Christian thought: doctrinal diversity or civilizational clash? 10

2 Japanese Confucianism and Japanese Christianity: parallels and interactions 34

3 Early Tokugawa anti-Christian discourse: proclamations, populist literature and diplomacy 52

4 Attacking non-Christian 'Christians': ideological uses of early Tokugawa anti-Christian discourse 78

5 Mid- and late Tokugawa anti-Christian discourse: continuity and change 103

6 Meiji anti-Christian discourse: modern national ideology and conservatism 131

Conclusion 161

Notes 167

Select bibliography 200

Index 221