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The Role Of Christianity In Japan

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Globally Christianity is considered one of the largest religions throughout the world. This form of religion is growing, spreading and developing through East Asia, but Japan appears to be the exception in this expansion. Christianity is used and practiced in Japan, but this faith based movement is extremely slow and is failing to flourishing amidst the Japanese people.
The slow movement of Christianity is rooted in the faiths historical relationship with Japan and its people. Historically, Christianity was banned by the Japanese government for centuries forcing believers to worship secretly (Jenkins, 1). This historical event established a wedge between Christianity and the Japanese people. These previously forbidden practices also created

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