Category: Japan
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New article in the JRJ
Very excited to announce (a little late) the publication of my article in Brill’s fantastic Journal of Religion in Japan. “Dreaming of the World to Come: Yonaoshi Millenarianism and Monotheism in Tenrikyō and Christianity” Journal of Religion in Japan 13 (2-3): 1-38.(Brill 2024) Here’s the abstract: In comparative studies, Tenrikyō’s this-worldly, millenarian vision has found little resonance with…
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New Article published in JSR
Orientalism and Monotheism in Studies of Early Japanese Christianity 2024. Journal for the Study of Religion 37 (1): 1-30(Association for the Study of Religion in Southern Africa (ASRSA) / University of Johannesburg Press) Thrilled to have my latest article published in the JSR! Many thanks are owed to the journal’s staff, especially Editor Prof. Maria Frahm-Arp, as…
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New Article Published in JMJ – “Unitarian Monotheism in Meiji Japan”
I’ve recently written an article on unitarian Christianity in Japan and certain methodological problems and prejudices in the study of its history : “Unitarian Monotheism in Meiji Japan: Confucian Ethics, Syncretism, and the New Testament.” Most in the West are entirely unaware of the fascinating history of the Japanese unitarians who made waves during Japan’s…
Kegan Chandler, PhD 