Christianity; or the Evidences and Characters of the Christian Religion PDF Download

Author: William Poynter
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Category : Apologetics
Languages : en
Pages : 214

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Author: William POYNTER (Bishop of Halia.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 200

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Author: William Poynter
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Category : Apologetics
Languages : en
Pages : 229

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Author: Bishop Poynter
Publisher: Lowrie Press
ISBN: 1443754196
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 204

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PREFACE THE two main sources of our knowledge concerning the influence of Christianity in Japan have been the missionary address and the globe-trotters account. The former is expected to lay special emphasis only an that part of the truth which will best serve to loosen the purse-strings of his hearers, while many of the latter class of persons, when they come to a missionary country, engage themselves in seeking some new reasons why they should not contribute towards foreign missions. That both of these sources of information are unreliable and insufficient, is proved by the remarkable amount of ignorance on this point that is met with among otherwise intelligent American Christians. But I feel certain, also, that the missionary, because of his first-hand knowledge and his sympathetic relation with the Japanese people, is a trustworthy authority on the subject of Christian influence provided he can be caught when he is off his guard. Any person writing about the life of peoples other than that of his native land, has one immense advantage. It is that he does not feel obliged, either by love or prejudice, to defend the institutions and customs which he is reviewing, But the corresponding disadvantage which meets him at every turn, is the fact that a foreigner cannot fully fathom the nature and feelings of other people and thus truly sympathize with them. The question becomes doubly difficult when the institution to be studied is Christianity in Japan, a non-Christian country. The American Christian who attempts to review his own religious institutions under foreign conditions, is constantly in danger of interpreting facts with an Americanized vision and the Japanese Christianity as aSocial Factor in Modern Japan critic is passing judgment on something totally foreign to hin though in his own country. But on all phases of the subject, a a possible corrective, I add to my own impressions the statement of Japanese who are prominent in their respective fields. Dogmatic assertions on a question like this must in the nature of the case be utterly discountenanced. Another difficulty in determining how much Japan has been influenced by Christianity comes from the fact that in the Ives Christianity has become an organic part of the social life, an this makes it impossible to separate religious influence from that of mere civilization. Moreover, the influence of Christianity in Japan is not limited to those people that have been baptized nor to those of them that may be considered orthodox Christians Such limitation would surely make out a worse case for Christianity in Japan than the facts warrant. Only as we remember that the Gospel is a principle and not i fixed dogma, a seed and not a fruit, can we realize the universal applicability of the spirit of Christianity and understand thd the outward expression of this spirit is not necessarily identica in all countries and in all ages. Christianity does not only allow of development, but its very essence is that of progress and growth. Constant change in its interpretation and constant adjustment to new conditions are necessary to its continued preminence as a spiritual power in human society. Each social group has its peculiar environments and resultant individuality, Hence it is only reasonable to expect that the philosophy and institutions of Japanese Christianity will be different from those of the Western world, thoughboth are inspired by the same spirit of Christian love. The Christianity of the past also has varied greatly in its practical content......

Author: William 1762-1827 Poynter
Publisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9781360872575
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 204

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Author: William Poynter (Bp. of Halia)
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Category : Theology, Doctrinal
Languages : en
Pages : 408

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Author: Archibald Alexander
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Category : Apologetics
Languages : en
Pages : 256

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Author: Archibald Alexander
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Languages : en
Pages : 248

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Author: Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
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Category : Apologetics
Languages : en
Pages : 368

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Author: William Poynter (évêque de Halia.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 180

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