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| "What Is so Amazing About All This?": Buddhist Criticism of Christianity in Sixteenth-/Seventeenth-Century Japan | ||
| 作者 | Lange, Mirja Dorothee (著) |
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| 出處題名 | Buddhist-Christian Studies |
| 卷期 | v.43 |
| 出版日期 | 2023 |
| 頁次 | 163 - 180 |
| 出版者 | University of Hawai'i Press |
| 出版者網址 | http://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/t3-buddhist-christian-studies.aspx |
| 出版地 | Honolulu, HI, US [檀香山, 夏威夷州, 美國] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 關鍵詞 | Japan; missiology; dialogue; Buddhism; criticsim; Christianity; Jesuits |
| 摘要 | The first Christian missionaries arrived in Japan in the middle of the sixteenth century. They missionized quite a number of Japanese people but also angered many through their disrespectful behavior and destruction of temples and shrines. Less than 100 years later, Japan closed its borders, persecuted Christians, and banned Christianity in total. The reasons for this drastic step weren't solely political but also theological. Theological arguments concerning theism, eschatology, ethics, and theology of religion are found in official edicts, in "disputes" between Christian missionaries and Buddhist scholars, as well as in theological treatise. One of the reoccurring arguments against Christianity includes the description of the arrogant behavior of the missionaries. According to the documents, they displayed an attitude of knowing everything concerning the world next to the ignorant Buddhists. This exclusivist mindset wasn't compatible with the order of Japan and the three teachings. In the eyes of the authorities, this doctrine secured peace and ensured domestic stability. Especially the Japanese and former Christian Fabian Fucan, as well as the Buddhist monk Suzuki Shōsan, adduce various Buddhist, Confucian, and Daoist teachings against the charge of ignorance. Conversely, Fucan's writing, as well as the edicts, records of religious "disputes," and other treatises, include the accusation that Christianity does not contain any new doctrine advancing the local one. Moreover, it is stated that Christian salvation exclusivism suggests a powerless God, and the missionaries were described as hypocrites and liars, as they did not keep their commandments. |
| ISSN | 08820945 (P); 15279472 (E) |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2023.a907577 |
| 點閱次數 | 319 |
| 建檔日期 | 2023.12.19 |
| 更新日期 | 2023.12.20 |
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