Cover -- Contents -- Figure and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1: Catholic Women Religious and Catholicism in Japan -- 2: Toward a History of Christian Scientists in Japan -- 3: Kotaro and Natural Law -- 4: Catholicism and Contemporary Man -- 5: Kanayama Masahide -- 6: Crossing the Deep River -- 7: An Essay on Sono Ayako -- 8: The Theory and Practice of Inculturation by Father Inoue Yoji -- 9: Inculturation and Globalization -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index.