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The Transformation of Biblical Myths in Japan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2024

Hayao Kawai
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Many systems of thoughts have migrated to Japan from abroad - Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, natural science, Marxism; all were transmitted to Japan and stopped there. It is said that Japan has been the terminus for imported thoughts. However, during the process of taking root in Japan almost every idea has been transformed within the Japanese mind. I would like to discuss a typical example of how Christianity has been changed within the Japanese mind.

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Research Article
Information
Diogenes , Volume 42 , Issue 165 , March 1994 , pp. 49 - 66
Copyright
Copyright © 1994 Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie / International Federation of Philosophical Societies (FISP)

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The text of Tenchi Hajimari-no-koto (The Origins of Heaven and Earth) may be found in its Japanese version in : H. Cieslik, D. Tadai, O. Mitsunobu, eds., Kirishtan sho, hai-ya sho (Christian and Anti-Christian Texts) (Tokyo, 1970). An English translation is provided in T. Koya, Study of Acculturation among Secret Christians of Japan (n.p., n.d.)

See also K. Furno, Kakure Kirishtan (Tokyo, 1957); A.M. Harrington, Japan's Hidden Christians (Chicago, 1993); T. Kamiya, Kirishtan no Shinwateki Sekai (Tokyo, 1988); K. Tagita, “Kirisuto kyo no Nihonteki bunka henyo,” in: Shukyo Kensyu, 155 (1958), 438-61.