The Norwegian-American Lutheran Experience in 1950s Japan: Stepping Up to the Cold War Challenge

by Kate Allen and Kate Allen

Stepping Up to the Cold War Challenge: The Norwegian-American Lutheran Experience in 1950s Japan describes the events that led to the Evangelical Lutheran Church (ELC), an American Christian denomination, to respond to General MacArthur's call for missionaries. This Church did not initially respond, but did so in 1949 only after their missionaries had been expelled from China due to the victory of communist forces on the mainland. Because they feared...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498524826
• ISBN13: 9781498524827
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 332 Pages