History 5: The Rise of Christianity in the Developing World

Shintoism and its rites declared patriotic rather than religious 3.2.4. Religious Bodies Law of 1939. 1939: Religious Bodies Law . required formal government recognition of churches; all foreign ties had to be cut . Protestants joined forces, formed Nihon Kirisuto Kyodan (Today it is still the largest Protestant body in Japan) ................
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