The Myōtei Dialogues: A Japanese Christian Critique of Native Traditions [Japanese]

by Richard Bowring and James Baskind

The Myōtei Dialogues is the first complete English translation one of the most important works of early Japanese Christianity. Fukansai Habian's Myōtei mondō (1605) presents a sharp critique of the three main Japanese traditions, Buddhism, Shintō, and Confucianism, followed by an explanation of the main tenets of Christianity specifically aimed at a Japanese audience. Written by a convert, it is of importance not merely...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: Japanese
• ISBN: 9004302468
• ISBN13: 9789004302464
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.4"