Understanding Japaneseness: A Fresh Look at Nipponjinron through "Maternal-filial Affection" (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780761868217)

Kosuke Nishitani, Dr. theol. (University of Basel) is Professor of Business Ethics in the Graduate School of International Management of Aoyama Gakuin University. As an ordained minister he serves as Campus Chaplain as well as Pastor of Toyama Church, United Church of Christ in Japan. Founded in 1950, this church was commissioned by General Douglas McArthur as a religious community center for Toyama Heights, a thousand-home subdivision in Tokyo constructed on the site of the demolished Toyama Military Academy of the Imperial Japanese Army. Nishitani's work sustains the bold herald that on the other side of difficulty lies the path to new hope.

Michael J. Sherrill, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Intercultural Studies and Chair of Religious Affairs in the School of International Politics, Economics and Communication of Aoyama Gakuin University. His research interests center on ancient spirituality and the role of religion in contemporary society. He is ordained in the Mennonite Church and has served in Japan in church ministry and Christian higher education for over twenty years.