著者

藤山 修 Osamu Fujiyama

出版者

茨城キリスト教大学

雑誌

茨城キリスト教大学紀要. 1, 人文科学 (ISSN:13426362)

巻号頁・発行日

no.51, pp.109-125, 2017

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There are interesting academic discussions in "Dochaku to Haikyo" (1967 Shinkyo Publishing) and "Seito to Itan no Aida" (1976 Tokyo University Publishing) by Kiyoko Takeda regarding acceptance of Christianity among Japanese people. Kiyoko Takada argues that both idiosyncrasy and adequacy exit in how Christianity is viewed in Japan and she label those as "Between Orthodoxy and Heresy." In Japan, there are people who touch Christianity during their youth and whether or not it has impacts on their lives or the way of their thinking, many of them decide to leave away from Church and act as they have renounced their faith. As a result, those who become eminent figures in various fields could influence others to accept Christianity whether or not they are aware of the fact that their interpretations on how they see the world around them or their philosophies are based on Christianity. Even though they might not realize they are Christians, they do possess Christian-like perspectives and live their lives base on the values they have learnt from the religion, therefore we could still see hope for Christianity to take root in Japan. Kiyoko Takeda discusses "Between Orthodoxy and Heresy" type of people will lead and procreate a platform for Christianity and Japanese indigenous culture to connect and cross over their boundary, and positively sow the good seed. The thesis of this article is to argue and prove Mado Michio himself is "Between Orthodoxy and Heresy" by studying his interactions with Christianity and deep insights of his poets and nursery songs, and also suggest his works would positively contribute people in Japan to accept Christianity.