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Japan |
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BEGINNINGS |
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1892 |
Kyushu |
United Synod of the South
(USS - ULCA - LCA - ELCA) |
| 1898 |
Kyushu |
United Danish Evangelical
Lutheran Church
(UDELC - UELC - TALC - ELCA) |
| 1919 |
Kyushu |
UELC, ULCA began a cooperative
effort |
| 1949 |
Tokyo-Nagoya |
Evangelical Lutheran Church
(ELC - TALC - ELCA) |
| 1950 |
Honshu Island/Hiroshima |
Augustana Evangelical Lutheran
Church
(AUG - LCA - ELCA) |
| 1951 |
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Lutheran Free Church (in
conjunction with the ELC)
(LFC - TALC - ELCA) |
| 1952 |
Tokyo/Kofu |
Finnish Evangelical Lutheran
Church (Suomi Synod)
(SU - LCA - ELCA) |
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| BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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Aamodt, Elvira, and Solveig Swendseid. American
Lutheran Women in World Mission: an Oral History and Archives Project. Minneapolis:
The American Lutheran Church, Division for World Mission and Inter-Church Cooperation,
1989.
Narrator: Elvira Aamodt, ELC/TALC missionary to Japan, 1951-1968.
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| Alsdorf, Henrietta. Home is –: the Story of Our
Family Growing and Learning in Different - Cultures, Languages, Countries: USA, Japan,
India. Springfield, Ore.: Cross Cultural Press, 1993. 403pp. |
"The American Lutheran Mission in Japan,
1892-1992," Currents in Theology and Mission, 19, no. 5 (October 1992) 78 pp.
Articles about the American Lutheran Mission, pioneer missionary James A. B. Scherer,
and issues related to missionaries and the church in Japan.
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Aota, Rev. Isamu. Early Lutheran Mission in Japan:
Missionary J.A.B. Scherer, 1892-1897. Translated by Ronald Hays. N.p., 1999.
Part of a series of booklets produced by the Japan Evangelical Church detailing the
lives of the first Lutheran missionaries and revealing the mission strategy of the United
Synod South.
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Aota, Rev. Isamu. Early Lutheran Mission in Japan:
Missionary R.B. Peery, 1893 - 1904. Translated by Ronald Hays. N.p. 1999
Part of a series of booklets produced by the Japan Evangelical Church detailing the
lives of the first Lutheran missionaries and revealing the missions strategy of the United
Synod South.
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| Bach, Ellen Sigrid. Our Life Journey.
Westminster, Col.: North Suburban Printing and Publishing, Inc., 1979. |
Boyum, Bernice, and Solveig Swendseid. American
Lutheran Church Women in World Mission: an Oral History and Archives Project. Minneapolis:
The American Lutheran Church, Division for World Mission and Inter-Church Cooperation,
1987.
Narrator: Bernice Boyum, ELC/TALC missionary to Japan, 1950-1977.
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| Chosenjin Hibakusha |
Dale, Eloise. The Foreign Land That Became My Home:
Reflections on 45 Years of Life in Japan. Printed in Japan, 1996. 41pp. Uncatalogued
at ELCA Archives, Chicago.
Eloise Dale served as a Lutheran missionary wife in Japan from 1951 to 1996.
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| Dale, Kenneth. Circle of Harmony: A Case Study in
Popular Japanese Buddhism with Implications for Christian Mission. South Pasadena,
Calif.: William Carey Library, 1975. 211 pp. |
Dale, Kenneth. Coping with Culture: The Current
Struggle of the Japanese Church. Tokyo: Lutheran Booklet Press, 1995. 96pp.
Also published in Japanese as Nihon Bunka no Tadanka Ni Ikite: Senkyo Suru Kyokai no
Katto to Tenbo. This book may be out of print. Contact author/publisher for
information on obtaining copy.
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Dale, Kenneth. Method and Message in Pastoral
Couseling. N.p.: Japan Lutheran College and Seminary, 1992. 103pp.
Also published in Japanese as Kirisutokyo Kaunseringu no Holto to Jissa. This
book may be out of print. Contact author/publisher for information on obtaining copy.
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Hansen, Eleanor, and Solveig Swendseid. American
Lutheran Church Women in World Mission: an Oral History and Archives Project. Minneapolis:
The American Lutheran Church, Division for World Mission and Inter-Church Cooperation,
1989.
Narrator: Eleanor Hansen, ELC/TALC missionary to Japan, 1949-1961.
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Horn, Edward T. and Lottie Wyse Norman.
Japan.(1.2MB pdf file)
Historical Series. Philadelphia: Women's Missionary
Society of the United Lutheran Church in America, n.d.
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Huddle, B. Paul. Japan’s Lutherans Post-War
in Essays in Honor of Kishi, Chitose. Tokyo: Japan Lutheran Theological College and
Seminary, 1968.
Location: no information
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Hyland, Judith, and Fern Gudmestad. American Lutheran
Church Women in World Mission: an Oral History and Archives Project. Minneapolis: The
American Lutheran Church, Division for World Mission and Inter-Church Cooperation, 1989.
Narrator: Judith Hyland, ELC/TALC missionary to Japan, 1950-1980.
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| Ingulsrud, Grace L. Heeding the Call: a Missionary
Memoir. N.p.: Third Culture Enterprises, 1999. 321 pp. |
Johnsrud, Carolyn, and Solveig Swendseid. American
Lutheran Church Women in World Mission: an Oral History and Archives Project. Minneapolis:
The American Lutheran Church, Division for World Mission and Inter-Church Cooperation,
1989.
Narrator: Carolyn Johnsrud, ELC/TALC missionary to Japan, 1950-1967.
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Jones, Maya ed., Maya's Stories: The Life of a
Missionary in Japan. N.p. Stories from the life of Maya Winther, missionary to Japan,
as told to Marjorie Olson Larson.
Location: ELCA Archives, Chicago - uncatalogued item
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Kawashima, Kamesaburo. Twenty Year History of Tokai
Evangelism. Chicago: ELCA Archives, 1970. 107pp.
Location: ELCA Archives, Chicago
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Knudten, Arthur C. The Forgotten Years and Beyond:
Sketches in History, The Japan Evangelical Lutheran Church 1942-1972. N.p., 1972. 78
pp.
Brief history of JELC and statistics.
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Kyåushåu Jogakuin, shashin de tadoru
70-nen no ayumi, 1926-1996. Kumamoto-shi: Kyaushau Jogakuin, 1997. 111
pp.
Translation of title: 70th Anniversary: a history of Kyushu Jogakuin,
1926-1996.
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Kyuen basshi wa Taiheiyåo wo koete:
sengo Nihon to Lara no Katsudo. Tokyo: Koken Fukashi Kåohåo Kyåokai,
1999. 271 pp.
Translation of title: The relief goods are coming over the Pacific
Ocean: postwar Japan and LARA program.
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Kyushu Jo Gakuin 50th Anniversary. N.p., 1976.
Japanese language. Anniversary history of Lutheran high school for girls, Kumamoto, Japan.
In a packet which includes account in English of a memorial gift by an American couple
for their daughter who died at age eight, which funded a large part of the building of the
school.
Location: ELCA Archives, Chicago - uncatalogued item
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Lippard, Emma Geberding. Second Hand: A Story of
Mission Work in Japan. Philadelphia: The United Lutheran Publication House, 1934. 157
pp.
Story of work in Japan written in the style of a novel.
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| Matsuki, Sogoro, ed., Testimonies of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki, trans. Edward Bergh |
| McCartney, Hazel. In the Grey Rain. New York:
Harper, 1957. 246 pp. |
Mitchell, Anna Marie, and Fern Gudmestad. American
Lutheran Church Women in World Mission: an Oral History and Research Project. Minneapolis:
The American Lutheran Church, Division for World Mission and Inter-Church Cooperation,
1989.
Narrator: Anna Marie Mitchell, ELC/TALC missionary to Japan, 1950-1982.
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Myers, J. M., O. Reimherr and H. N. Bream, eds., Theological
and Missionary Studies in Memory of John Aberly. Gettysburg, Pa., Gettysburg
Theological Studies, 1965. 152 pp.
Includes "John Aberly, His Life and Work" by A. R. Wentz, and "The
Christian Mission and Missionary in Japan" by R. H. Drummond.
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| Nabetani, Gyoji. Ningen Uinteru. Tokyo:
Seibunsha, 1989. 187 pp. |
Nelson, Irene, and Solveig Swendseid. Women in Global
Mission: an Oral History. Chicago: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Division
for Global Mission, 1993.
Narrator: Irene Nelson, ELC/TALC/ELCA missionary to Japan, 1952-1992.
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Neve, Lloyd and Judith Hyland, eds., The Japan
Evangelical Lutheran Church and Lutheran Missions. N.p.: American Lutheran Church,
Japan Mission, 1972. 32pp.
Report of the JELC and the work of Lutheran missions in a variety of ministries and
locations.
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Neve, Lloyd R. Japan: God’s Door to the Far
East. Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1973. 112 pp.
Stories of Japanese Christians and the Lutheran Church in Japan, focusing on the
question of the impact of the church in Japanese society. Author is a Lutheran missionary
and seminary professor.
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Neve, Muriel, and Anna Marie Mitchell. Women in
Global Mission: an Oral History. Chicago: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America,
Division for Global Mission, 1993.
Narrator: Muriel Neve, UELC/TALC/ELCA missionary to Japan, 1948-1988.
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| Nolan, Liam. Small Man of Nanataki. London: P.
Davies, 1966. 162 pp. |
Oka, Masaharu. Michi No Hitosuji
Location: no information available
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Olson, George L. Mummy Thief, A Memoir
of My Life’s Challenges. Bloomington, Ind.: Author House, 2007. 176p.
Memoir of Japan missionary (1950-1991) for Augustana, Lutheran Church
in America and Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Served in
Hiroshima, then involved in a variety of communications positions and
editor of Japan Christian Quarterly.
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Olson, George L. Pre-emptive Love: How A Hiroshima
Man's Story Might Save Hong Kong. N.p.: George L. Olson, 2002. 178 pp.
Novel set in Japan.
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Olson, Miriam, and Solveig Swendseid. Women in Global
Mission: an Oral History. Chicago: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Division
for Global Mission, 1993.
Narrator: Miriam Olson, LCA missionary to Japan, 1980-1983.
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Olson, Nellie, and Solveig Swendseid. American
Lutheran Church Women in World Mission: an Oral History and Archives Project. Minneapolis:
The American Lutheran Church, Division for World Mission and Inter-Church Cooperation,
1989.
Narrator: Nellie Olson, ELC/TALC missionary to Japan, 1951-1974.
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Peery, R. B. Lutherans in Japan. Newberry, S. C.:
Lutheran Publication Board of the United Synod, 1900. 192 pp.
History of Lutheran mission work in Japan beginning in 1892. Missionaries Scherer,
Peery, Brown, Winther.
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Pedersen, Lois, and Solveig Swendseid. American
Lutheran Church Women in World Mission: an Oral History and Archives Project. Minneapolis:
The American Lutheran Church, Division for World Mission and Inter-Church Cooperation,
1989.
Narrator: Lois Pedersen, ELC/TALC missionary to Japan, 1950-1976.
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Powlas, Maud O. Gathering Up the Fragments. Greenville,
N.C.: Era Press, 1978. 231 pp.
Account and reminiscences of Maud O. Powlas, who served as a missionary in Japan from
1918-1959, with a focus on Jai-En, a hospital and community center in Kumamoto on the
island of Kyushu.
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| The Relief Goods Are Coming Over the Pacific Ocean -
Postwar Japan and LARA Program. N.p.: Japanese Health and Welfare Public Information
Association, 1999. |
Sanoden, Alice, and Solveig Swendseid. Women in
Global Mission: an Oral History. Chicago: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America,
Division for Global Mission, 1993.
Narrator: Alice Sanoden, ELC/TALC/ELCA missionary to Japan, 1952-1988.
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Sorenson, Morris A., Jr. and Dorothy A.. Beyond
Expectation: The Story of a Family in Mission. Minneapolis: Kirk House Publishers,
1996. 279 pp.
Autobiography & reflections, including service in Japan 1953-1965.
Location: Luther Seminary
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| Takayama, Hitoshi. Hiroshima in Memoriam and Today. N.p.
2000. |
Tang, Cleone, and Fern Gudmestad. American Lutheran
Church Women in World Mission: an Oral History and Archives Project. Minneapolis: The
American Lutheran Church, Division for World Mission and Inter-Church Cooperation, 1989.
Narrator: Cleone Tang, ELC/TALC missionary to Japan, 1950 - 1969.
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| Tokuzen, Yoshikazu. Japan Evangelical Lutheran Church
in Mission from 1893 to 1993. Tokyo: Japan Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1993. 34pp. |
Utsumi, Sueaki and B. Paul Huddle, A Brief History of
the Japan Lutheran Theological Seminary, 1909-1959. Tokyo: Japan Lutheran Theological
Seminary, 1959. 86 pp.
Text in English and Japanese.
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Winther, Maya, and Solveig Swendseid. American
Lutheran Church Women in World Mission: an Oral History and Archives Project. Minneapolis:
The American Lutheran Church, Division for World Mission and Inter-Church Cooperation,
1987.
Narrator: Maya Winther, UELC/TALC missionary to Japan, 1928-1940, 1947-1970.
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Yamamori, Tetsunao. Church Growth in Japan: A Study
in the Development of Eight Denominations, 1859-1939. South Pasadena, Calif.: William
Carey Library, 1974. 185 pp.
Revised version of the author’s thesis, Duke University.
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| THESES AND
DISSERTATIONS |
Aho, Ilma Ruth. "A Record of the Activities of the
Lutheran Evangelical Association of Finland in Japan." Ph.D. diss., University
of California at Berkeley, 1969.
Aho was a Suomi Synod missionary in Japan.
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| Eto, Naozumi. "Bonhoeffer's Idea of Religion: a
Study of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Idea of Religion and "Religionlessness" with
Some Implications for the Interpretation of the Christian Faith in Japan Today."
Th.D. diss., Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, 1984. |
Huddle, Benjamin Paul. "History of the Lutheran
Church in Japan." S.T.D. diss., Temple University School of Religion, 1956.
New York: Board of Foreign Missions, The United Lutheran Church in America, 1958. 267 pp.
Sketch of early Christian missions in Japan; history of Lutheran work from 1892 through
the mid-1950s. Lists of all Lutheran missionaries in Japan from various Lutheran
organizations.
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| Ishida, Yoshiro, "An Investigation into the
Controversy Between Uemura and Ebina from 1901 to 1902 and Its Implications for the
Development of Christian Theology in Japan." S.T.D. Diss., Lutheran
School of Theology at Chicago, 1971. 231 pp. |
McCartney, Sedoris Nelson. "Phases of Japanese
Culture and Personality Influencing Christian Work in Japan." thesis,
Gettysburg Theological Seminary, 1955.
Published by The Board of Foreign Missions of the United Lutheran Church in America.
Partial reprint, 109 pp."A Study of Culture Conflicts and Other Behavior in Christian
Youth Work in Japan" written by a missionary among college students.
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Oshiba, Geroge (Jyoji). "Concept of Shame in Japan
and United States." thesis, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, 1999.
Location: Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
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Rasmussen, Peter."The Churches’ Response to
the Approach of the War Between the U.S. and Japan." thesis, 1954.
Location: no information available
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| Sack, James L. "The Dynamics of Shame in Japanese
Chronically Absent Students: A Study of the Theological-Psychological Meaning and Pastoral
Implications of Shame in Caring for Chronically Absent Students." Th.D. diss.,
Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary, 1991. 284 pp. |
Sorenson, Morris. "A Case Study in the Relationship
of Churches: A Consideration of the Structured Relationship between The American Lutheran
Church and the Japan Evangelical Lutheran Church." M.Th. thesis, Luther Seminary,
1966. 182 pp.
Well researched and well documented; full bibliography.
Location: Luther Seminary
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| Spink, Harry Neilson. "Kanzo Uchimura & the
Non-Church Movement." STM thesis, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia,
1964. |
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| UNPUBLISHED
MATERIAL |
Bach, David R., ed. Far (or Den Gal Man Bach) 2000.
Collection of reminiscences about D.G.M. Bach, missionary to Japan.
Location: ELCA Archives, Chicago - uncatalogued
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