Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- PART ONE: CHRISTIANITY IN JAPANESE HISTORY -- 1 Roman Catholic Mission in Pre-Modern Japan -- 2 The Kakure Kirishitan Tradition -- 3 The Modern Missionary Movement in Japan: Roman Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox -- 4 The Cross Under an Imperial Sun: Imperialism, Nationalism, and Japanese Christianity, 1895-1945 -- 5 Japan's Protestant Schools and Churches in Light of Early Mission Theory and History -- 6 Holiness, Pentecostal, and Charismatic Movements in Modern Japan -- 7 Indigenous Christian Movements -- 8 Christian Churches in the Postwar Period -- 9 Theology in Japan -- 10 Bible Translations -- PART TWO: CHRISTIANITY IN JAPANESE SOCIETY AND CULTURE -- 11 The Christian Encounter with Japanese Buddhism -- 12 Shinto and Christianity: A History of Conflict and Compromise -- 13 New Religions and Christianity -- 14 Bridging the Divide: Writing Christian Faith (and Doubt) in Modern Japan -- 15 Mission Schools and Education for Women -- 16 Christian Social Welfare and the Modernization of Japan -- 17 Christianity and Politics in Japan -- PART THREE: RESOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF CHRISTIANITY IN JAPAN -- 18 Archival Collections in Japanese Institutions -- 19 Research Institutes and Academic Societies -- Contributors -- General Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.