Authority and obedience
Subtitle: Romans 13:1-7 in modern Japan
By: Mitsuo Miyata ; translated by Gregory Vanderbilt.
Series: American university studies. VII, Theology and religion -- v. 294
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Bern; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781433106798
Subjects: Bible. -- N.T. -- Romans XIII, 10-7 -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Christianity -- Japan -- History; Theology, Doctrinal -- Japan -- History; Authority -- Biblical teaching; Obedience -- Biblical teaching; Christianity and politics -- Japan -- History
Work titles: Ken'i to Fukujū.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Translator's introduction: Christianity and conscientious citizens in Miyata Mitsuo's modern Japan; title: Foreword; title: Prologue: Analytical perspective; title: The protestant missionaries; title: The ten commandments and the true god; title: Japanese-language annotated editions of Romans; title: Romans 13 and Christianity in the Meiji Period; title: From the 1870s to the Uchimura Kanz's Lèse-majesté incident; title: In the wake of the Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese Wars; title: Taish democracy and Romans 13; title: Uchimura Kanz's Study of Romans; title: Christians and Taish democracy; title: Christianity during the establishment of emperor-system fascism; title: Romans 13 in the early 1930s; title: The Kokutai Clarification Movement and Christianity on Japanese terms; title: Romans 13 during the Sino-Japanese War; title: In the midst of the Pacific War; title: Theologians and Romans 13; title: Social scientists and Romans 13; title: Between martyrdom for the nation and martyrdom for the faith; title: Conclusion: Reflections on the past and future.