SOURCE: Netland, John T. “Encountering Christ in Shusaku Endo's Mudswamp of Japan.” In Christian Encounters with the Other, Edited by John C. Hawley, pp. 166-81. New York, New York: New York University Press, 1998.
In the following essay, Netland examines the ways Endō addresses the clash of Western ideology and Japanese culture in his historical novels.
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