I like your photos. There is certainly a relations...

2008-04-12T04:25:00.000-07:00

I like your photos. There is certainly a relationship between Christianity and English in Japan. And we see a lot of crosses as jewelry. But only about 1% of the Japanese population is Christian.

J.R. Clammer has an interesting chapter about Christians in his book, "Japan and Its Others: Globalization, Difference and the Critique of Modernity" (2001).

These two clips might be helpful in understanding Christianity in Japan as well:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Q106iXPtVmo

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=DRoVT-F5Wn4

The first is a promotion to get missionaries to go to Japan. The second is a testimonial by a Japanese Christian.

Christianity as a monotheistic religion has many challenges in Japan, and that is probably why it hasn't been so successful here.

There is also an interesting film, "Otaiya: Japan's Hidden Christians" about the early Japanese Christians who went into hiding in the eraly 1600s.

http://www.der.org/films/otaiya.html

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I like your photos. There is certainly a relations...