A History of Jesuit Missions in Japan

The book marks a significant contribution to the literature on the history of the Jesuits, Catholic missions and Christianity in Japan.

Guillaume Alonge is Assistant Professor at the University of Turin, Italy .

Introduction I. Preaching a foreign God 1. Missionary violence 2. Christ's samurai 3. From persecutions to martyrdom II. Planting Crosses 1. The conquest of sacred space 2. Symbol of a suffering God III. The Miraculous Tree 1. The cross in the trunk IV. The Wood of Martyrdom 1. Crosses of blood V. The Pope's Samurai: Takayama Ukon 1. A martyr without martyrdom