日本のフィリピン占領とキリスト教会 (<特集>日本占領期のインドネシアとフィリピン

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During World War II, the Philippines was under Japanese occupation. A group of Japanese Catholic priests, Protestant ministers, along with seminarians, were sent to the Philippines as an integral part of the Japanese Imperial Army. This group was known as the Religious Section whose task was to solicit support, through its propaganda activities, of both the Roman Catholic Church and various Protestant churches in the Philippines. In Japan, Christianity was regarded as a religion antagonistic to the state. Thus Christians, especially foreign missionaries of enemy nationality, were persecuted. In the Philippines, however, Japan had to recognize "the freedom of religion" since a great majority of Filipinos were Christians. Under such circumstances the Japanese army attempted to "Filipinize" the Roman Catholic hierarchy by replacing lrish Archbishop of Manila, Miguel J. O'Doherty, with a Filipino Archbishop Gabriel Reyes. The army also attempted, through the Religious Section, to curtail the leadership of American missionaries over Protestants in the Philippines by forcing them to sign a pledge of cooperation, and through the church union in 1942. Japan's religious policy toward Christians in Indonesia was formulated based on her experience in the Philippines. This paper is based on recently discovered documents and interviews with those directly involved in the wartime experience.
上智大学の論文
2001-12-27