Theology in Japan: Takakura Tokutaro (1885-1934)

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Japanese Christian leader Takakura Tokutaro, -, is the focus of this exhaustive historical and theological study. Despite having played important leadership roles within the Protestant Church in Japan during the s and early s, Takakuras name is scarcely known outside limited Japanese theological circles. This study lends recognition to his influential role in the Christian Church. It also utilizes Takakuras example to provide further insight into the universalizing trend in Christian thought that continues even today.

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Jennings...has done a fine job with this comprehensive study of Takakura Tokutaro, a Japanese Christian theologian.... Japanese Christian thought has been mostly unknown overseas. Jennings's work is therefore a significant breakthrough. -- Ken Christoph Miyamoto, Kobe Shoin Women's University * International Bulletin of Mission Research *
Takakura's is an important voice that needs to be heard again in ecumenical theological discourse. Dr. Jennings' exposition of Takakura has clarity, erudition and passion, and deserves to be read by all who claim to be systematic theologians. -- John Parratt * From The Foreword *

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J. Nelson Jennings is Associate Professor at Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri. Professor Jennings holds a Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland and a M.Div., Magna Cum laude, from the Covenant Theological Seminary.