THESES AND DISSERTATIONS

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Chua, How Chuang. 2007. Japanese perspectives on the death of Christ: A study in contextualized Christology. Ph.D. diss., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.

Fujino, Gary Masao. 2006. A forgiving identity for an interdependent context: Takeo Doi’s amae and its relationship to conflict in the church in Japan. Ph.D. diss., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.

Funaki, Shin. 1957. The significance of the Old Testament concept of “losing face.” M.A. thesis, Wheaton Graduate School.

Hashimoto, Akio. 1992. Theology of the pain of God: An analysis and evaluation of Kazoh Kitamori’s (1916- ) work in Japanese Protestantism. Ph.D. diss., Concordia Seminary.

Kuribayashi, Teruo. 1986. A theology of the crown of thorns: Toward the liberation of the Asian outcasts. Ph.D. diss., Union Theological Seminary.

Lee, Jaecheon. 2002. Toward an Asian contextual theology: A critical study of Kosuke Koyama’s theology and ethics. Ph.D. diss., Drew University.

Maeri, Megumi. 2005. Religion and literary practice in the essays and fiction of Endō Shūsaku. MA thesis, University of Southern California.

Mase-Hasegawa, Emi. 2004. Spirit of Christ inculturated: A theological theme implicit in Shusaku Endo’s literary works. T.D. diss., Lund University.

Matsumoto, Paul. 1985. The missiological implications of shame in the Japanese world view. Th.M. thesis, Fuller Theological Seminary.

Michell, David J. 1988. William S. Clark of Sapporo: Pioneer educator and church planter in Japan. D.Miss. diss., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.

Miyoshi, Akihisa. 2000. A gospel of identity for Japanese businessmen: A comparative study of Christian and non-Christian male middle managers’ sense of identity. Ph.D. diss., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.

Nesbitt, Mariana. 2007. Japanese ancestral practices: A contextualized teaching tool on the afterlife in the local church (hibachi theology). M.Th. thesis, South African Theological Seminary.

Strand, Svein Erik. 2004. Perceptions of the afterlife among some evangelicals: A study of contrasting worldviews. Ph.D. diss., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.