SOURCE: Burkman, Thomas W. “The Historical Novels of Endo Shusaku: Alien Christianity in the “Mud-Swamp” of Japan.” Fides et Historia 26, no. 1 (winter-spring 1994): 99-111.
In the following essay, Burkman addresses Endō's artistic handling of the incompatibility of Western religion with Japanese culture.
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