いのちのことば社
キリスト教会は幾度となく大切な岐路に立たされた。
その時、どんな決断をし、どういう方向へ進もうとしたのか。
豊富な資料をもとに積み上げてきた研究の結実であるとともに、絶筆となった著者の遺作。
著者・訳者など：岩崎孝志
編：朱基徹牧師記念の集い
ISBN：978-4-264-03470-4
ﾆﾎﾝｷﾝﾀﾞｲｼﾆﾐﾙｷｮｳｶｲﾉﾌﾞﾝｷﾃﾝ
Turning Points of the Church in Modern Japanese History
(Nihon Kindaishi ni Miru Kyohkai no Bunkiten)
Takashi Iwasaki
Edited from presentations commemorating Korean pastor Chu Ki-chol, known for his martyrdom for refusing to worship at Shinto shrines during WW2. The book briefly summarizes pre-Meiji church history and then begins an in-depth coverage of church history from the Meiji-era opening of Japan to Protestant missionaries to World War 2 and after to today. The focus is on the choices the Christian leaders made regarding response to the authoritarianism of the governments and the forces of militant nationalism in the culture of the period. When recruited for the nationalist cause, most church leaders saw it as finally legitimizing Christianity and capitulated to Shinto shrine and emperor worship which they claimed were culture and not religion. A few opposed and some Holiness pastors were imprisoned along with communists, and some died in prison. After the war some individuals repented of their actions, but church representatives did not repent of their compromise. Because of the new constitution the churches have enjoyed freedom. A5 size, 224 pp.
