'The danger is ever present': Catholic critiques of the Yasukuni shrine in postwar Japan
Abstract/Sommario:
The Author studies a flashpoint in the intersection of Gospel and society: the Catholic critics of the Yasukuni shrine postwar Japan, noting a gap between the attitudes of the Bishops and those of some influential Catholic intellectuals. In November 1945, General McArthur asked two Catholic priests their opinion on the proposal to raze the Tokyo shrine dedicated to the Japanese war dead: the Yasukuni Shrine. F. Bruno Bitter, SJ, and Patrick Byrne, Maryknoll, declared their opposition o ...; [leggi tutto]
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| Descrizione | 'The danger is ever present': Catholic critiques of the Yasukuni shrine in postwar Japan/ John Breen |
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IN Per: The Japan Mission Journal, vol. 63, n. 2 (2009, Summer) p. 111-122
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| ID scheda | 66429 |