TY - BOOK AU - Üçerler,M.Antoni J. TI - The samurai and the cross: the Jesuit enterprise in early modern Japan T2 - Oxford scholarship online SN - 9780197640364 AV - BV3447 U1 - 266.209520903 23 PY - 2022///] CY - New York, NY PB - Oxford University Press KW - Jesuits KW - Missions KW - Japan KW - History KW - Religion KW - ukslc KW - Religion & beliefs KW - thema KW - Church history KW - To 1868 KW - 1185-1868 N1 - Also issued in print: 2022; Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized N2 - M. Antoni J. Ucerler examines how the Jesuit missionaries sought new ways to communicate their faith in an unfamiliar linguistic, cultural, and religious environment-and how they sought to 're-invent' Christianity in the context of samurai Japan. Based on little-known primary sources in various languages, 'The Samurai and the Cross' explores the moral and political debates over religion, law, and 'reason of state' that took place on both the European and the Japanese side UR - https://go.openathens.net/redirector/lords.parliament.uk?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195335439.001.0001 ER -