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Episode 5 - Japan: A Christian Nation?

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In the aftermath of WWII, Japan lay in ruins. General MacArthur was tasked with helping rebuild the country. During a conversation with Emperor Hirohito, MacArthur was offered the chance of a lifetime. In this episode, I talk about that opportunity, and reflect a bit on what it would have meant for the country, as well as what it can teach us today.


Research References:


Harry Fox, "God's Unconditional Commitment To Us"


"General Told Of Barring Offer To Create A Christian Japan" https://www.nytimes.com/1964/04/07/archives/general-told-of-barring-offer-to-create-a-christian-japan.html


"SCAPIN-550: REMOVAL AND EXCLUSION OF UNDESIRABLE PERSONNEL FROM PUBLIC OFFICE 1946/01/04" https://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/9885619?itemId=info%3Andljp%2Fpid%2F9885619&__lang=en


"Remaking Of The Orient": https://christianhistoryinstitute.org/magazine/article/christ-and-the-remaking-of-the-orient


"MacArthur Encouraged Religion In Postwar Japan" https://www.christiancentury.org/article/2011-06/book-details-macarthurs-efforts-fill-japanese-spiritual-vacuum-after-world-war-ii


Joyce Kilmer, "Trees" https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/12744/trees


Yasuo Furuya, "Postwar Protestant Missionary Work In Japan" https://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/nfile/4177


Lawrence Wittner, "MacArthur And The Missionaries: God And Man In Occupied Japan" https://www.jstor.org/stable/3637830


https://www.panorientnews.com/en/news.php?k=1023





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