Jesus in Japan: Folklore, Fantasy or Fact?
Did Jesus really make it to Japan, live as a farmer, marry, and raise a family in a remote village? The legend of Shingō claims he did, but historians and archaeologists dismiss it as folklore. Yet the story persists, woven into local identity, celebrated in festivals, and preserved in burial mounds and mysterious manuscripts.
In Jesus in Japan: Folklore, Fantasy or Fact?, Marcelo Ponte examines the legend through a practical, sociological lens. He navigates centuries of myth-making, cultural adaptation, and religious encounter, separating historical plausibility from local storytelling while exploring why humans consistently reinterpret sacred figures to fit familiar contexts.
This book is not an attempt to prove or disprove miracles. It is an investigation into how legends survive, why communities adopt them, and what these stories reveal about cultural memory, identity, and the human desire to anchor the extraordinary in everyday life. Thoughtful, grounded, and occasionally wry, Ponte’s analysis provides a unique window into the intersection of history, folklore, and social imagination.
For readers curious about the strange, the contested, and the culturally revealing, this is a story worth knowing—even if it never actually happened.
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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. Jesus in Japan: Folklore, Fantasy or Fact? Did Jesus really make it to Japan, live as a farmer, marry, and raise a family in a remote village? The legend of Shingo claims he did, but historians and archaeologists dismiss it as folklore. Yet the story persists, woven into local identity, celebrated in festivals, and preserved in burial mounds and mysterious manuscripts. In Jesus in Japan: Folklore, Fantasy or Fact?, Marcelo Ponte examines the legend through a practical, sociological lens. He navigates centuries of myth-making, cultural adaptation, and religious encounter, separating historical plausibility from local storytelling while exploring why humans consistently reinterpret sacred figures to fit familiar contexts. This book is not an attempt to prove or disprove miracles. It is an investigation into how legends survive, why communities adopt them, and what these stories reveal about cultural memory, identity, and the human desire to anchor the extraordinary in everyday life. Thoughtful, grounded, and occasionally wry, Ponte's analysis provides a unique window into the intersection of history, folklore, and social imagination. For readers curious about the strange, the contested, and the culturally revealing, this is a story worth knowing-even if it never actually happened. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9798245509556
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