In Memoriam: James David Reid (1927-2017)

First coming to Japan in 1950, he eventually served for more than forty years as a missionary with the United Methodist Church. [...]it means that we want to make clearer than before the welcome this Institute extends to historical and methodological studies-a welcome obscured to some extent by the...

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Published in:Japanese journal of religious studies 2017-12, Vol.44 (2), p.341-346
Main Author: Swanson, Paul
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Christianity
Deaths
English language
Essays
Humanities
Missionaries
Religion
Religious education
Religious studies
Scholars
Theology
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Summary:First coming to Japan in 1950, he eventually served for more than forty years as a missionary with the United Methodist Church. [...]it means that we want to make clearer than before the welcome this Institute extends to historical and methodological studies-a welcome obscured to some extent by the former name. (1976), and many of his essays in English were collected into New Wine: The Cultural Shaping of Japanese Christianity (Asian Humanities Press, 1991), including his essay on ancestor worship among Japanese Christians which is still consulted as authoritative by Japanese and Western scholars.
ISSN:0304-1042
DOI:10.18874/jjrs.44.2.2017.341-343