TY  - BOOK
AU  - Whelan,Christal
TI  - The beginning of heaven and earth: the sacred book of Japan's hidden Christians 
SN  - 0585324670
AV  - BX1668 .T4513 1996eb
U1  - 275.2/08 20
PY  - 1996///
KW  - Catholic Church
KW  - Japan
KW  - Membership
KW  - fast
KW  - Crypto-Christians
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Christianity
KW  - History
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Catholic
KW  - Membership requirements
KW  - Christendom
KW  - gtt
KW  - Rooms-Katholieke Kerk
KW  - Christentum
KW  - gnd
KW  - Church history
KW  - swd
KW  - Kakure Kirishitan
KW  - Teologi
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-127) and index; The Beginning of Heaven and Earth -- The Evil fruit cast to Middle Heaven -- The Division of Deusu's body for the salvation of humankind -- The King's death -- The Tribulations of Santa Maruya -- The Five mysteries of the morning -- A Nationwide search -- Yorotetsu captures the Holy One -- Up Karuwaryu Hill -- Money bedazzled -- The Kirinto -- The Holy One's selection -- Establishment of the officials -- The Destruction of our world; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010
N2  - From a universal religion the Tenchi constructs a system of beliefs entirely Japanese in spirit. Its earliest context was in all likelihood the encounter between a storyteller and a group of Kakure Kirishitan
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