Kegan Chandler, PhD

Category: Japanese Christianity

New Article published in JSR

Aug 30, 2024

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Kegan A. Chandler

in Church History, Japan, Japanese Christianity, Monotheism, Publication, Religious syncretism, The Trinity

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…
New Article Published in JMJ – “Unitarian Monotheism in Meiji Japan”

Jun 25, 2021

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Kegan A. Chandler

in biblical unitarianism, Christology, Church History, Japan, Japanese Christianity, Monotheism, The Trinity

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…