The Christian influence in Japan has been great. Over the past century, many of the nation’ leaders in the fields of politics, education, social work, charity, medicine, and women’s rights have been Christians. Christian organizations continue today to play an active role in peace and antinuclear movements and in shaping postwar democratic ideals.
As a religion, however, Christianity still seems to be struggling for acceptance. Today the Christian population of Japan does not exceed one percent, and conversion frequently demands that the believer overcome numerous personal conflicts and social pressures. There appear to be no unfilled areas int he Japanese spiritual psyche into wich Christianity can enter. Shinto celebrates the natural world and fills daily life with festivity and ritual. Buddhism is otherwordly, philosophical. The Confucian tradition has molded behavior, ethics, and the social structure. For many Japanese, Christianity is too intellectual, acondition not… (tovább)
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