Routledge - Ideology and Christianity in Japan History Book

Explore the deep connections between religious discourse and political thought with Ideology and Christianity in Japan. Published by Routledge as part of the Leiden Series in Modern East Asian Politics, History and Media, this book examines how Christian-related ideas shaped Japanese political ideology during the early-modern and modern eras. Author Kiri Paramore traces the evolution of anti-Christian thought starting from the Tokugawa shogunate's ban on Christianity in the early 1600s. The text follows this development through to the end of the 1800s, looking at how both Christian and anti-Christian ideologies helped build modern Japanese state institutions. By presenting a new paradigm, this work helps readers understand the impact of these religious ideas on the development of modern Japanese thought and politics.