Local access dig. pdf. [Pytlik-Christianity Tea Jesuits Japan.pdf]

Deus destroyed : the image of Christianity in early modern Japan / George Elison.

Attitudes of entry: the Jesuit approach to the Japanese setting -- The Christian attempt at an ethical synthesis: the misunderstandings and the appeal -- The accommodative method: the Jesuit mission policy and cultural contribution -- The donation of Bartolomeu: a Jesuit colony in Nagasaki -- Hideyoshi and the sectarians -- Pilgrim's progress: Fabian Fucan -- The final solution -- The effects of propaganda: epitaph to an encounter -- Deus destroyed / Fabian Fucan -- Deceit disclosed / Christovão Ferreira sive Sawano Chūan -- Kirishitan Monogatari: anonymous chapbook -- Christians countered / Suzuki Shōsan.

Translations (p. [255]-389): Fabian, F. Deus destroyed (Ha Daiusu).--Ferreira, C. sive Sawano, C. Deceit disclosed (Kengiroku).--Kirishitan monogatari, anonymous chapbook.--Suzuki, S. Christians countered (Ha Kirishitan).
Includes bibliography (p.495-514) and index.

Local access dig.pdf. [Elison-Deus destroyed.pdf}

Access to Brill eBooks via BC Libraries

Ha Daiusu : Destruyendo a Deus / Fabián Fukan ; edición crítica y traducción de Giuseppe Marino.
Translation of Ha Deusu 破提宇子. Includes Japanese text.
Includes bibliographical references.

“La transcriptión del texto original ha sido elaborada por el Dr. Kofuji Timoyasu 小藤朋保 del departamento de Religiious Studies de la Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology en la The University of Tokyo. El texto sigue fielmene la edición del professor Ebisawa Arimichi, en Kirishitansho/Haiyasho. Nihon Shiso Taikei vol. 25, Tokyo, Iwanami Shoten 1970”

Abstract:
This thesis explores the history of Christianity and conversion to it in 16th and 17th Century Japan. It argues that conversion is a complex phenomenon which happened for a variety of reasons. Furthermore, it argues that due to the political context and limitations acting upon the mission, the majority of conversions in 16th and 17th Century Japan lacked an element of epistemological change (classically understood). The first chapter explores theories of conversion suggesting that conversion in 16th and 17th Century Japan included sorts of religious change not usually encapsulated in the term conversion including adhesion, communal and forced conversion. Moreover, it argues that contextual factors are the most important factors in religious change. The second chapter explores political context contending that it was the political environment of Japan that ultimately decided whether conversion was possible. This chapter charts the evolution of the Japanese context as it became more hostile toward Christianity. In the third chapter, the context of the mission is explored. It is argued that limitations acting upon the mission shaped post-conversion faith, so that changes to practice and ritual rather than belief became the mark of a successful conversion. The fourth chapter explores methods of conversion, the factors influencing it, and post-conversion faith more directly. It argues that Christianity spread primarily through social networks, but that conversion was also influenced by economic incentive, other realworld benefits, and Christianity’s perceived efficacy. Building on Chapter Three, the final chapter also seeks to illustrate that the missionaries were not successful in their attempts to spur epistemological change or instil a detailed knowledge of theology or doctrine amongst their converts.

See St Andrews Research Repository for more information.
Local access dig.pdf [Morris-Rethinking Conversion Japan.pdf]

Rodrigues the interpreter : an early Jesuit in Japan and China / Michael Cooper.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 385-395.

Rodrigues the interpreter : an early Jesuit in Japan and China / Michael Cooper.
Bibliography: p. 385-395.
Includes index.

The Namban trade : merchants and missionaries in 16th and 17th century Japan /  by Mihoko Oka.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Portuguese in the East Asian seas in the 16th century -- The structure and content of Namban trade -- The Namban trade and Nagasaki merchants: structure of investment and capital injection -- Macao and the Namban trade: the "maritime loan" debt problem -- Religion and power in Macao -- The Jesuits and trade after the prohibition of Christianity in Japan -- Nagasaki during the Kan'ei period: the affair of Paulo dos Santos -- Epilogue: the final phase of the Namban trade.

"This book attempts to depict certain aspects of the Portuguese trade in East Asia in the 16th and 17th centuries by analyzing the activities of the merchants and Christian missionaries involved. It also discusses the response of the Japanese regime in handling the systemic changes that took place in the Asian seas. Consequently, it explains how Jesuit missionaries forged close ties with local merchants from the start of their activities in East Asian waters, and there is no doubt that the propagation of Christianity in Japan was a result of their cooperation. The author of this book attempted to combine the essence of previous studies by Japanese and western scholars and added several new findings from analyses of original Japanese and European language documents"-- Provided by publisher.

Keywords: Namban 南蛮 (in this case and epoch referring primarily to Portuguese or other Europeans arriving in Japan from the south)

Dig.pdf. local access [Oka-Namban Trade.pdf]

See: Boston College catalog entry