Date of Award
6-2004
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Anthropology
First Advisor
Dr. Robert Ullin
Second Advisor
Laura Spielvogel
Third Advisor
Stephen Covell
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Campus Only
Abstract
Makuya is a Japanese, interpretation of Christianity, which has sought both the Jewish origins of Christianity and also Japan's own historical, cultural, and spiritual connection to both Christianity and Judaism. This movement has provided it's practitioners with a supportive community of like-minded individuals who assist one another in coping with physical, emotional, and spiritual needs in a society (postwar WWII) that has down-played the importance of religion, and stressed the importance of economic growth at the expense of physical and mental health. Makuya, like other new religions, has offered an alternative to secular society and the established religions in Japan. Moreover, it has provided a context through which to understand traditional values, morals and 'meaning' within the modern world.
Recommended Citation
Nowicki, Joshua Stanley, "Makuya: Japan, Religion and Modernity" (2004). Masters Theses. 3763.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/3763