Haruko Nawata Ward

Women Religious Leaders in Japan's Christian Century, 1549-1650

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Produktbeschreibung

Meticulously researched and drawing on original source materials written in eight different languages, this study fills a lacuna in the historiography of Christianity in Japan. Ward analyzes the experience of nuns, witches, catechists and sisters in sixteenth-century Japan, bringing to light how these women utilized resources from their traditional religions to new Christian adaptations and specific religio-social issues, creating unique hybrids of Catholicism and Buddhism, or rejecting the new religion.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 422
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. März 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 163mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 740g
• ISBN-13: 9780754664789
• ISBN-10: 0754664783
• Artikelnr.: 44973944

Autorenporträt

Haruko Ward is Associate Professor of Church History at Columbia Theological Seminary, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction
Part 1 Nuns: Preface to Part 1
Hibaya Monica (c.1549-c.1577): Virgem of Sakai
Naito Julia (c.1566-28 March 1627): Superiora
The beatas of Manila (1615-1656): visionaries
Epilogue to Part 1. Part 2 Witches: Preface to Part 2
Otomo-Nata Jezebel (d. 15 February 1587): priestess of Hachiman
Marriage and divorce in Catholic Japan: Otomo Sorin and his marital conflict
Jezebel the witch
Jezebel versus the Church (1577-1587)
Epilogue to Part 2. Part 3 Women Catechists: Preface to Part 3
Hosokawa Tama Gracia (1563-25 August 1600): scholar-teacher
The women catechists
Tama Gracia in the network of women against abuse
Releasing Kirishitan women apostles from captivity
Epilogue to Part 3. Part 4 Sisters: Preface to Part 4
Justa of Nagasaki and the sisters of the Misericórdia
Elder women of the Marian confrarias
Epilogue to Part 4
Conclusion
Glossary
Bibliography
Index.