From a Foreign Religion to a Religion of Foreigners: the Challenge of Contemporary Immigration to the Catholic Church in Japan
The presence of foreigner workers in Japan has had a great impact on the local Catholic Church. I will point out to data, which shows that the number of foreign believers has overtaken the number of Japanese believers. As a transnational religious institution, cooperation between the churches, which...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
[2017]
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International journal of Latin American religions
Year: 2017, Volume: 1, Issue: 2, Pages: 270-295 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Japan
/ Catholic church
/ Native
/ Stranger
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RelBib Classification: | AX Inter-religious relations KBM Asia KDB Roman Catholic Church |
Further subjects: | B
Multiculturalism
B PANIB B Japanese Catholicism B Immigration B Catholic Charismatic Renewal |
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