Japanese Redemptive Analogies: Bridging the Cultural Gap to Christianity

By Mariana Nesbitt

50 pages in Vol. 2 in the Series, "Bridging the Cultural Gap to Christianity." Ever wished for a Redemptive Analogy for Japan like Peace Child, the redemptive analogy that sparked off a great turning to Christ in Irian Jaya?This book gives many, many Redemptive Analogies, suitable for Japan. (Content is the same as Chapter 2 of Vol. 1, but expanded.)God has blessed Japanese culture with plenty of Redemptive Analogies that we can use. The riches of Japanese culture and literary genius has produced novels, theatre, poetry, stories and history that we can mine for nuggets of gold Many of these we can use to teach the Christ of substitution, sacrifice and redemption.Hours of language study, hours of conversations sitting on the tatami flooring with many Japanese friends and twenty-five years of experience in Japanese churches has led to the writing of this book.The variety of information presented here, will prove an invaluable resource. No other book to date has included this much information on this subject.Missionaries, missiologists, missions and cross-cultural lecturers and students will benefit from this book and be fascinated.The use of the Japanese Redemptive Analogies given in this book will enrich, and make the message of the cross of Christ clearer to the Japanese.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1985112205
• ISBN13: 9781985112209
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 50 Pages
• Weight: 0.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"