The Cross and the Rising Sun, Volume 1 : the Canadian Protestant Missionary Movement in the Japanese Empire, 1872-1931.

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Author / Creator:	Ion, A. Hamish.
Imprint:	Waterloo : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2006.
Description:	1 online resource (305 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Missions -- Japan. Missions -- East Asia. Missions, Canadian -- Japan -- History. Missions, Canadian -- East Asia -- History. Missions, British -- Japan -- History. Missions, British -- East Asia -- History. Protestant churches -- Missions -- Japan -- History. Protestant churches -- Missions -- East Asia -- History. Missions. Missions, British. Missions, Canadian. Protestant churches -- Missions. Japan -- Church history. East Asia -- Church history. East Asia. Japan. Electronic books. Church history. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11382358

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ISBN:	9780889207608 0889207607 9780889209770
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Drawing on both Canadian and Japanese sources, this book investigates the life, work, and attitudes of Canadian Protestant missionaries in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan (the three main constituent parts of the pre-1945 Japanese empire) from the arrival of the first Canadian missionary in East Asia in 1872 until 1931. Canadian missionaries made a significant contribution to the development of the Protestant movement in the Japanese Empire. Yet their influence also extended far beyond the Christian sphere. Through their educational, social, and medical work; their role in introducing new Western ide.
Other form:	Print version: Ion, A. Hamish. Cross and the Rising Sun, Volume 1 : The Canadian Protestant Missionary Movement in the Japanese Empire, 1872-1931. Waterloo : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, ©2006 9780889209770

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