Handbook of Japanese Christian Writers

Table of Contents
Contributors
Abbreviations
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1 Prophet of the Inner Life: Kitamura Tōkoku
Chapter 2 Shimazaki Tōson and Christianity: When the Cherries Ripen in the Taishō Period
Chapter 3 Arishima Takeo and Christianity
Chapter 4 Akutagawa Ryūnosuke: A Christian Life
Chapter 5 Incarnation of the Christian Faith in the Poetry of Yagi Jūkichi
Chapter 6 Hori Tatsuo: The Cross Dyed in Bloody Red and the Little Gods of Ancient Times
Chapter 7 Nagai Takashi on Divine Providence and Christian Self-Surrender: Towards a New Understanding of hansai
Chapter 8 Dazai Osamu: His Wrestle with the Bible
Chapter 9 Shiina Rinzō: His Two Visages
Chapter 10 From out of the Depths: Shimao Toshio’s Literary Response to Adversity
Chapter 11 Yasuoka Shōtarō and Christianity: From Postwar “Emptiness” to Religious Longing
Chapter 12 Miura Ayako and the Human Face of Faith
Chapter 13 Endō Shūsaku and the Compassionate Companionship of Christ
Chapter 14 Ogawa Kunio: Renewal of Faith and Identity in His seishomono (Bible Stories)
Chapter 15 Kaga Otohiko: In Search of What Lies Beyond Death
Chapter 16 Sono Ayako: Amor Vincit Omnia
Chapter 17 Takahashi Takako: Drawing Closer to God Through Literature
Index
Index of titles