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The Trek East: Mormonism Meets Japan, 1901-1968, Stephen J. Moody
The Trek East: Mormonism Meets Japan, 1901-1968, Stephen J. Moody
BYU Studies Quarterly
Shinji Takagi. The Trek East: Mormonism Meets Japan, 1901-1968.
Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2016.
Early Mormon Missionary Activities In Japan, 1901–1924, Reid L. Neilson, R. Lanier Britsch
Early Mormon Missionary Activities In Japan, 1901–1924, Reid L. Neilson, R. Lanier Britsch
BYU Studies Quarterly
Reid L. Neilson, PhD, the managing director of the Church History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is well known among LDS Asian and Pacific scholars as a gifted and productive editor and bibliographer. His research and writing on the history of the Church in Japan is informative, enlightening, and enriching. Although the topic of missionary work in Japan has been written about by other authors, Neilson's book adds much to what has already been written.
In Early Mormon Missionary Activities in Japan, 1901-1924, Neilson has created one of the few LDS books dealing with Mormon …
The Fate Of The Davao Penal Colony #502 "Branch" Of The Lds Church, 1944, David L. Clark, Bart J. Kowallis
The Fate Of The Davao Penal Colony #502 "Branch" Of The Lds Church, 1944, David L. Clark, Bart J. Kowallis
BYU Studies Quarterly
On September 7, 1944, 668 American POWs were killed when the unmarked Japanese ship in which they were being transported was hit by friendly fire. Among those POWs were several members of an unofficial LDS "branch" that had formed in a penal colony near Davao, on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. The branch of POWs had contraband scriptures and a hymnbook and met together weekly. This article tells as much of their story as has come to light: who they were, their service, and their capture. The article ends with a discussion of the theological implications of their …
John P. Hoffmann. Japanese Saints: Mormons In The Land Of The Rising Sun, Henri Gooren
John P. Hoffmann. Japanese Saints: Mormons In The Land Of The Rising Sun, Henri Gooren
BYU Studies Quarterly
John P. Hoffmann. Japanese Saints: Mormons in the Land of the Rising Sun. Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, 2007
Elijah's Promise: An Oriental View, Masakazu Watabe
Elijah's Promise: An Oriental View, Masakazu Watabe
BYU Studies Quarterly
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Memoirs Of The Relief Society In Japan, 1951-1991, Yanagida Toshiko
Memoirs Of The Relief Society In Japan, 1951-1991, Yanagida Toshiko
BYU Studies Quarterly
My poems are my tears,
as my eyes are moistened at once
in joy and in sorrow.
—Yanagida Toshiko
Heber J. Grant's European Mission, 1903-1906, Ronald W. Walker
Heber J. Grant's European Mission, 1903-1906, Ronald W. Walker
BYU Studies Quarterly
Elder Heber J. Grant landed in Liverpool, England, in November 1903, and by the first of the year he officially assumed his new position as president of the European Mission. The mission began at Tromso, Norway; and ran to Cape Town, South Africa; with Iceland and India serving as distant east-west meridians. While the church had branches in each of these extremities, Grant's field of labor was more compact. Most of the mission's effort was reserved to the Netherlands, Germany, Scandinavia, and Switzerland, where he had a general superintendency, and especially in the British Isles, where he had duties that …
Mormons In The Press: Reactions To The 1901 Opening Of The Japan Mission, Shinji Takagi
Mormons In The Press: Reactions To The 1901 Opening Of The Japan Mission, Shinji Takagi
BYU Studies Quarterly
During the first month when a Mormon Apostle and three missionaries arrived to begin proselytizing work in Japan, the local and national press published at least 160 articles on Mormonism, many of the articles appearing on the front page. The media attention was unprecedented for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in that country. Here the author explores the reaction from the Japanese press toward Mormons, the social and historical context that led to such interest, and some of the media controversies that arose. The author concludes that one of the biggest reasons Mormons received such attention when …
Tomizo And Tokujiro: The First Japanese Mormons, Shinji Takagi
Tomizo And Tokujiro: The First Japanese Mormons, Shinji Takagi
BYU Studies Quarterly
In August 1901, Heber J. Grant and his companions arrived in Japan to open the first permanent mission in Asia and begin their difficult proselyting labors among the Japanese. It took them almost seven long months to claim the first fruit of their labors. On March 8, 1902, on the shore of Omori in Tokyo Bay, Hajime Nakazawa, a professed Shinto priest, was baptized, confirmed, and ordained an elder. This event was symbolic indeed. For one thing, Nakazawa was presumably affiliated with a religious sect whose roots went back to the ancient indigenous religion of Japan. For another, more interestingly, …
Two Meiji Scholars Introduce The Mormons To Japan, Frederick R. Brady
Two Meiji Scholars Introduce The Mormons To Japan, Frederick R. Brady
BYU Studies Quarterly
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Members Without A Church: Japanese Mormons In Japan From 1924 To 1948, J. Christopher Conkling
Members Without A Church: Japanese Mormons In Japan From 1924 To 1948, J. Christopher Conkling
BYU Studies Quarterly
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The Closing Of The Early Japan Mission, R. Lanier Britsch
The Closing Of The Early Japan Mission, R. Lanier Britsch
BYU Studies Quarterly
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The Church In Japan, Seiji Katanuma
Prophecies Regarding Japan, Hugh B. Brown
Did Christ Visit Japan?, Spencer J. Palmer
Did Christ Visit Japan?, Spencer J. Palmer
BYU Studies Quarterly
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The Pair Of Japanese Bronze Lanterns At Brigham Young University, Schuyler Cammann
The Pair Of Japanese Bronze Lanterns At Brigham Young University, Schuyler Cammann
BYU Studies Quarterly
Two bronze Japanese lanterns, or kane doro, acquired by Brigham Young University date to 1716 and originally were placed in a courtyard of a mausoleum of a member of a noble family in Japan. The author describes the lanterns and their symbolic meaning.
China And Japan: An Analysis Of Conflict, Lee W. Farnsworth
China And Japan: An Analysis Of Conflict, Lee W. Farnsworth
BYU Studies Quarterly
In analyzing the conflict between China and Japan in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the author asserts that the conflict resulted from a series of incidents. The article gives a brief overview of China and Japan's relations with each other and with Western powers, such as American's Open Door policy. By examining this conflict, the author hopes that he can bring to light principles and concepts that will lead to international cooperation.
Politics And Religion On China's Mongolian Frontier, Paul V. Hyer
Politics And Religion On China's Mongolian Frontier, Paul V. Hyer
BYU Studies Quarterly
Japanese imperialists believed that religion was an effective way to control and influence the peoples they conquered. This article traces one example: the Japanese attempt to re-establish a Mongolian Jebtsundamba Khutukhtu, a religious and temporal sovereign who would appear in subsequent incarnations. After the Soviets forbid a search for a new Jebtsundamba in 1824, the Japanese suggested the search be renewed as they moved to take control of Mongolia. This move was ultimately unsuccessful but serves as a classic example of the role of religion in the struggle for power.