Critical Survey of Short Fiction by Frank N. Magill (Editor); Charles E. May (Editor); Christina J. Moose (Editorial Coordinator)Short story -- History and criticism.
Short story -- Bio-bibliography.
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Global Issues Database - "Hidden Christians" interviewDuring several periods of Japan's history, Westerners and their religions were viewed with suspicion. There were times when Christianity was even banned. To escape persecution, believers had to disguise their faith or practice it in secret. NPR's Anthony Kuhn takes us to southern Japan to introduce us to a small and slowly disappearing community of so-called hidden Christians
Global Issues Database - "Japanese Hidden Christians Organizations articleNorthwestern Kyushu is the most notable region in Japan for its dense distribution of former Hidden Christians. The spatial structures of its religious organizations have been classified into several types. However, this classification procedure and the formation principles of such organizations need further examination. This article reexamines the spatial structures of these organizations and their formation principles from a social geographical perspective, focusing on three villages on Hirado Island and comparing them with Ikitsuki Island, Nagasaki Prefecture.
Britannica Online - "Hidden Christians" infoKirishitan, (from Portuguese cristão, “Christian”), in Japanese history, a Japanese Christian or Japanese Christianity, specifically relating to Roman Catholic missionaries and converts in 16th- and 17th-century Japan. Modern Japanese Christianity is known as Kirisuto-kyō.
World Religions (Japanese Christians)Naoe Kinoshita was one of a group of Japanese Christians during the Meiji era whose ideas were formed by Christian socialism.
The Guardian - article on Shusaku EndoConfessions of a true believer
Shusaku Endo was a Japanese Catholic whose fiction explored the conundrum of his faith. He was an unlikely inspiration for Caryl Phillips, who analyses the enduring appeal of a great novelist
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Silence by Shusaku Endo; William Johnston (Translator); Martin Scorsese (Foreword by)Shusaku Endo's classic novel of enduring faith in dangerous times "Silence I regard as a masterpiece, a lucid and elegant drama."-The New York Times Book Review Seventeenth-century Japan: Two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to a country hostile to their religion, where feudal lords force the faithful to publicly renounce their beliefs. Eventually captured and forced to watch their Japanese Christian brothers lay down their lives for their faith, the priests bear witness to unimaginable cruelties that test their own beliefs. Shusaku Endois one of the most celebrated and well-known Japanese fiction writers of the twentieth century, and Silence is widely considered to be his great masterpiece"--
Call Number: F END
ISBN: 9781250082244
Publication Date: 2016-01-05
The Lost History of Christianity by John Philip JenkinsPhilip Jenkins argues that the center of Christianity resided in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa, for centuries and explores the influence Christian groups in Asia had over the entire religion and its followers.
Call Number: 270.1 J
ISBN: 9780061472817
Publication Date: 2009-11-03
Christianity: Essence, History, and Future by Hans KungChristianity.
Christianity -- Essence, genius, nature.
Church history.
Call Number: 200 K
ISBN: 0826408079
Publication Date: 1995-06-01
A History of Christianity by Paul Johnsonchurch history
Call Number: 270 J
ISBN: 0689705913
Publication Date: 1979-08-01
The Catholic Church: A Short History by Hans Kung; John Bowden (Translator)Catholic church history
Call Number: 282.09 K
ISBN: 0679640924
Publication Date: 2001-04-24
The Catholic Church Through the Ages by John VidmarCatholic church history
Call Number: 282.09 V
ISBN: 9780809149049
Publication Date: 2014-11-03
Buddhism by Madhu Bazaz WanguPresents the story of Buddhism's origins and growth through the centuries, discussing its basic philosophy and the evolution of the three major schools of Buddhist thought.