Women Religious Leaders in Japan's Christian Century, 1549-1650

By Haruko Nawata Ward

Meticulously researched and drawing on original source materials written in eight different languages, this study fills a lacuna in the historiography of Christianity in Japan. Ward analyzes the experience of nuns, witches, catechists and sisters in sixteenth-century Japan, bringing to light how these women utilized resources from their traditional religions to new Christian adaptations and specific religio-social issues, creating unique hybrids of Catholicism and Buddhism, or rejecting the new religion.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0754664783
• ISBN13: 9780754664789
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 422 Pages
• Weight: 1.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"