Contents -- Preface -- Christianity as World Religion and Vernacular Movement -- The Social Sources of Christianity in Japan -- Charisma, Minor Founders, and Indigenous Movements -- The Fountainhead of Japanese Christianity Revisited -- Christianity as a Path of Self-Cultivation -- Japanese Versions of Apostolic Christianity -- Japanese Christians and the World of the Dead -- Comparative Patterns of Growth and Decline -- The Broader Context of Japanese Christianity -- Bibliographical Guide to Indigenous Christian Movements -- Notes -- General Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.