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Kazusa Okaya
Kazusa Okaya is a PhD candidate at Durham University and a researcher at the Kyoritsu Christian Institute, Tokyo Christian University. His research focuses on topics in Christian ethics, particularly forgiveness and apology/repentance. He previously served as a campus minister with the KGK (IFES Japan) and holds an MA in Systematic Theology and an MDiv from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.
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The Pastor Who Rescues People from Japan’s ‘Suicide Cliff’
Yoichi Fujiyabu has spent three decades sharing God’s love to people who want to end their lives.
What Christians Should Know About Shinto
Evangelical scholar Yoichi Yamaguchi on the indigenous religion’s key teachings, its historical development, and ways to evangelize effectively in Japan.
Shinto’s Key Teachings
Evangelical scholar Yoichi Yamaguchi explains why Japan’s indigenous religion lacks a transcendent notion of God.
Shinto’s Historical and Contemporary Influences on Japanese Society
Evangelical scholar Yoichi Yamaguchi shares how Shinto influenced the development of emperor worship and the ways Christians responded.
Christianity and Shinto
Japanese believers must be wary of falling into syncretism again, evangelical scholar Yoichi Yamaguchi warns.
Missions and Evangelism in a Shinto-influenced Culture
“We must avoid both excessive fear and uncritical sentimentalism of Shinto,” evangelical scholar Yoichi Yamaguchi argues.
Japanese Evangelicalism Was Once Nationalistic
Making Christianity great again by means of political control is tempting. That didn’t work in my country.