The Japan Christian Year-Book 1950

By Laton E Holmgren

A living ledger of faith and recovery in postwar Japan. A crucial resource for scholars. The Japan Christian Year-Book 1950, by E. Holmgren, Laton, is a concise, contemporaneous religious yearbook that assembles annual religious reports and original compilations of church statistics japan alongside concise notes on missionary work, giving a rare empirical snapshot of 1950s japan christianity. As a practical christian reference book it places numerical data and institutional notes within japanese christian history, helping readers trace the changing presence of denominations and the patterns of missionary activity japan at a decisive moment. The form is brisk and data-driven: organised tables and short entries map institutional recovery, regional variety and the human contours behind bare figures. Clear, unornamented prose makes the volume accessible to those exploring postwar japan religion while supplying the precise figures and factual reporting that scholars of religion and church historians prize. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. Its historical significance is immediate and practical: the year-book is both a working register of 1950s japan christianity and an archival touchstone for japan religious studies and for scholarship on christianity in asia. The volume's accumulation of annual religious reports and organised figures illuminates missionary activity japan, denominational recovery and the ways Christian institutions engaged with civic life during reconstruction. Readers tracing japanese christian history will find concise reportage and statistical clarity a direct route into primary evidence; scholars of religion and church historians will value the material for quantitative analysis and contextual research. Casual readers with an interest in social history will recognise human stories behind the numbers, while classic-literature collectors and libraries will prize the restored edition as a cultural record that complements studies of postwar faith in Asia. For anyone compiling resources on church statistics japan or mapping the postwar evolution of religious communities, this year-book stands as a durable, reliable reference.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9354213693
• ISBN13: 9789354213694
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"