著者
林 陸雄 Rikuo Hayashi
出版者
桃山学院大学総合研究所
雑誌
桃山学院大学キリスト教論集 (ISSN:0286973X)
巻号頁・発行日
no.43, pp.133-168, 2007

The economy of the Republic of Indonesia during the Suharto years,thanks to a series of five-year plans initiated by the government,developed steadily. Since the economic crisis of 1997, however, due to aninability to effectively combat the various crises that faced the country,domestic conditions have declined considerably, leading to a growth in thenumber of people living in poverty and an overall increase in humansuffering. Among the markers of poverty are under-nourishment, inabilityto attend school, and illiteracy. In this article we analyze those three markers, relying on data publishedby the Indonesian government's State Statistics Bureau, and on reportscarried in the monthly journals Kompas and Bali Post. In particular, wehave focused on the alarming problem of under-nourishment among theunder-fives, a problem that has come to the fore since mid-2005. This article is intended to be read in conjunction with our other article,"Tasks Currently Confronting Momoyama Gakuin University'sInternational Work Camp and the Camp's Future Prospects", whichappears elsewhere in this issue.
著者
村瀬 寿代 Hisayo Murase 桃山学院大学大学院修士課程修了
出版者
桃山学院大学総合研究所
雑誌
桃山学院大学キリスト教論集 = St. Andrew's University Journal of Christian Studies (ISSN:0286973X)
巻号頁・発行日
no.39, pp.55-78, 2003-03-01

Guido Hermann Fridolin Verbeck was born in Zeist, the Netherlands in 1830 and went to the United States when he was 22. After he graduated from Auburn Theology School in the state of New York, he was ordained as a missionary of Dutch Reformed Church in America and came to Nagasaki as one of the first Protestant missionaries to Japan in 1859. He helped in various ways to establish modern Japan in the late 19th century, subsequently attaining fame as an adviser to the Meiji Government. Researchers have often concentrated on Verbeck's distinguished service or contribution to Japan and its people, yet very few tried to focus on his family records, his educational and religious background, and his early life previous to his arrival in Japan. Although Verbeck's biography, 'Verbeck of Japan', written by William Eliot Griffis, is one of the most important studies on Verbeck, Griffis made many incorrect statements in his writing. Most researchers seem to have believed whatever is written in 'Verbeck of Japan'. In this article, by studying the records of Zeist, Verbeck's family members and his early educational environment have been clarified. His religious experience, especially the Moravian education he was given, has also been taken into consideration. Verbeck's letters have been reexamined in detail to discover and confirm facts that have not been known to the public before. The aim of this article is to offer reliable information about Verbeck in order to find out how his experience in his youth helped him to earn his position in Japan and how his religious background influenced his way of conducting mission work as well as shaping his later character as a 'hired foreigner' in Japan.