Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Translations of Christian Terminology into Japanese 16–19th Centuries: Problems and Solutions

Chapter 3 Early Western-Style Paintings in Japan

Chapter 4 New Perspectives on the Early Tokugawa Persecution

Chapter 6 Beyond the Prohibition: Christianity in Restoration Japan

Chapter 7 Christianity Encounters Buddhism in Japan: A Historical Perspective

Chapter 8 The Religion of the West versus the Science of the West: The Evolution Controversy in Late Nineteenth Century Japan

Chapter 9 Written and Unwritten Texts of the Kakure Kirishitan

Chapter 10 The Social Forms of Japanese Christianity

Chapter 11 From Out of the Depths: The Japanese Literary Response to Christianity