When the bamboo bends :

Takenaka, Masao, 1925-

When the bamboo bends : Christ and culture in Japan / Masao Takenaka. - Geneva : World Council of Churches, c2002. - xiii, 72 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. - The Risk book series ; no. 100 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [70]).

Bamboo as a symbol -- Bamboo in a Christian context -- Christianity in Japan today -- Clean wind and bending stem -- Strong roots and empty centre -- Epilogue: sound the bamboo.

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Christianity and culture.
Christianity--Japan.
Christianity--Asia.

BR115.C5 / T35 2002