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The Kakure Kirishitan of Japan : a study of their development, beliefs and rituals to the present day / Stephen Turnbull.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English, Japanese Publication details: Richmond, Surrey : Japan Library, 1998.Description: xii, 296 p., 12 unnumbered p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1873410700
  • 9781873410707
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 275.2 21
  • 282.52 21
LOC classification:
  • BV3445.2 .T87 1998
  • BX1668 .T87 1998
Other classification:
  • 11.59
  • BE 8382
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. The historical background to the Kakure faith -- 3. The organization of the Kakure communities and their relationship to Catholicism -- 4. The origins and uses of the Kakure gozensama -- 5. Christian martyrs and the sacred places of the Kakure Kirishitan -- 6. The Kakure worship calendar and the role of prayer -- 7. The structure of Kakure worship and the significance of the communal meal -- 8. The spirit world and the Kakure Kirishitan -- 9. Death, ancestors and the Kakure Kirishitan -- 10. The Kakure in Context -- App. 1. Ninth Register of surviving Christian families: Hirado 1689 -- App. 2. Report on the secret Christians of Amakusa: 1806.
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Book: Standard Hewitson Library, Presbyterian Research Centre England Collection BR1306.5 .T87 1998 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 20-370

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-278) and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. The historical background to the Kakure faith -- 3. The organization of the Kakure communities and their relationship to Catholicism -- 4. The origins and uses of the Kakure gozensama -- 5. Christian martyrs and the sacred places of the Kakure Kirishitan -- 6. The Kakure worship calendar and the role of prayer -- 7. The structure of Kakure worship and the significance of the communal meal -- 8. The spirit world and the Kakure Kirishitan -- 9. Death, ancestors and the Kakure Kirishitan -- 10. The Kakure in Context -- App. 1. Ninth Register of surviving Christian families: Hirado 1689 -- App. 2. Report on the secret Christians of Amakusa: 1806.

English text with Japanese characters list.

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