Translator's introduction: Christianity and conscientious citizens in Miyata Mitsuo's modern Japan
Preface to the English translation (2008)
Preface (2003)
Introduction: Analytical perspective
The Protestant missionaries
The Ten Commandments and the true God
Japanese-language annotated editions of Romans
Romans 13: 1-7 and Christianity in the Meiji Period
From the 1870s to the Uchimura Kanzō Lèse-majesté incident
In the wake of the Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese Wars
Taishō democracy and Romans 13: 1-7
Uchimura Kanzō's Study of Romans
Christians and Taishō democracy
Christianity during the establishment of emperor-system fascism
Romans 13:1-7 in the early 1930s
The Kokutai clarification movement and "Christianity on Japanese terms"
Romans 13:1-7 during the Sino-Japanese War
In the midst of the Pacific War
The establishment of the Nihon Kirisuto Kyōdan
Theologians and Romans 13: 1-7
Social scientists and Romans 13: 1-7
Between martyrdom for the nation and martyrdom for the faith
Conclusion: Reflections on the past and future
Romans 13:1-7 in postwar Japan
Lessons and reflections.