List of issues > Series «Political Science and Religion Studies». 2017. Vol. 20
The Beginning of the Christian Martyrdom Movement in Japan: 26 Martyrs Execution in Nagasaki
Author(s)
A. O. Akinshin
Abstract
Martyrdom phenomenon in XVI–XVII in Japan and its importance for shift towards Christianity in Japan is considered. The author comes to the conclusion that a great deal of Christian moral codes took hold in Japan and influenced modern Japanese mentality.
Keywords
Japan in the medieval period, martyrdom, Christianity, missionaries, persecution
UDC
272-36(520)(091)«16»