Christian Faith and Cultural Crisis: The Japanese Case

Bakufu became become Buddhism bureaucrats Cary cent century China Choshu Christian faith Christian Movement Church of Christ clans concerned Confucian Constitution Council decade E. H. Norman economic Emperor farmers favour feudal forces foreign G. F. Verbeck growth Ibid Imperial increased industry influence interest Itagaki Ito Hirobumi Iwakura Iwakura Mission Japanese Christians Japanese church Japanese society Katayama Sen Kenseito Kirisutokyo Korea labour land landlords leaders Liaotung Peninsula lords loyalty majority Meiji period ment merchants military Minister mission missionaries Moreover Nagasaki nation Okubo Okuma oligarchy opposition opus cited parties peasants political Protestant Christianity reform relation relationship religion religious remained representative government Restoration result Russia Russo-Japanese War Saigo samurai Satsuma Satsuma Rebellion Shinto Shogunate Sino-Japanese social spirit structure struggle Sumiya theological Tokugawa Tokyo trade traditional Uchimura Uchimura Kanzo unequal treaties W. W. Lockwood western Yamagata Yanaga