Christianity and Imperialism in Modern Japan: Empire for God

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List of Maps and Figures
Note about Names and Romanization
Acknowledgments
Introduction All Roads Lead to Annaka: The Place of Imperial Christianity in Japan’s Modern History
	Japan as a Christian empire
	Christianity and empire: Exploring multiple intersections
	Religion and empire
1 The Problem of Two Masters: The Imperial Rescript on Education and the Quandary of Japanese Christians
	The Imperial Rescript on Education, ritual, and the problem with Christians
	Christianity for this world
	The confrontation
	What exactly is wrong with Christians? Expanding the terms of the debate
	Religion for a “nation in progress”
	A scientific critique of Christianity: The irrationality of Christian belief
	A rational Christianity for a modern Japan
	The impossibility of Christian loyalty
2 Fields Ready for Harvest: The Russo-Japanese War as Holy War
	Before the war: The failed quest for a unified Japanese church
	The Russo-Japanese War as holy war
	Hongo church and the Russo-Japanese War
	Creating the Christian martyr
	Christians divided: Socialism and opposition to the war
	Dreaming with Tolstoy: An international Christian denunciation of war
	An anti-war minister in community: Serving the soldiers at home
	Hibiya riots: A chaotic end to a “holy” war
3 Nation without Borders: Casting a Vision for a Transnational Church
	Seeing Japan from a different perspective: Ebina Danjo’s 1908 visit to California
	Evangelizing settlers: Visiting Korea on the eve of colonization
	From Korea to Manchuria: Exploring new frontiers
	The campaign of education: Ebina’s return to California
	From the League of Nations to Japanese abroad: Hope for a new world
4 Making Koreans Japanese: A Gospel for Japan’s New Colonial Subjects
	The logic of imperial evangelism
	Expanding the mission, :discovering” Korea: Watase’s trip through the countryside
	Bearing “fruit” : Signs of “civilization” in new congregations
	The mission in the North
	Partnering with the Government-General: The Kumiai Kyokai Korea Mission First Annual Conference
	Demanding answers: Questioning the logic of imperial evangelism
	The Korea Mission in crisis: The elusive search for financial support
	March First and the failure of imperial evangelism
5 After the March First Movement: The “Korean Problem” Just Beyond Empire’s Edge
	Espionage for God and nation: Th e March First Movement and the Yo Un-hyong incident
	The first Fengtian church: Starting a mission in warlord territory
	To help deal with the “Korean problem” : Kimura Seimatsu and the “re” -founding of the Fengtian church
	In the aftermath of the Yo Un-hyong incident: The limits of naisen ittai in Shanghai
	The waning of the “Korean problem”
6 Becoming a Small Country: The Imperial Countryside Imagined as the Kingdom of God
	At the base of the Joshu mountains: Empire’s rural manifestations
	Small countries, anarchists, and Tolstoy
	God’s countries: The meek shall inherit the earth
	The gospel of agrarianism
	Visions forestalled: The other reality of the 1930s
7 Following in Abraham”s Footsteps: Building an Imperial Christian Utopia in Manchukuo
	What failed in America could succeed in Manchuria: Linking Christian agrarian utopias across the Pacific
	Following in the footsteps of Abraham
	The end of a dream
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index