In the aftermath of WWII, Japan lay in ruins. General MacArthur was tasked with helping rebuild the country. During a conversation with Emperor Hirohito, MacArthur was offered the chance of a lifetime. In this episode, I talk about that opportunity, and reflect a bit on what it would have meant for the country, as well as what it can teach us today.
Research References:
Harry Fox, \"God's Unconditional Commitment To Us\"
\"General Told Of Barring Offer To Create A Christian Japan\" https://www.nytimes.com/1964/04/07/archives/general-told-of-barring-offer-to-create-a-christian-japan.html
\"SCAPIN-550: REMOVAL AND EXCLUSION OF UNDESIRABLE PERSONNEL FROM PUBLIC OFFICE 1946/01/04\" https://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/9885619?itemId=info%3Andljp%2Fpid%2F9885619&__lang=en
\"Remaking Of The Orient\": https://christianhistoryinstitute.org/magazine/article/christ-and-the-remaking-of-the-orient
\"MacArthur Encouraged Religion In Postwar Japan\" https://www.christiancentury.org/article/2011-06/book-details-macarthurs-efforts-fill-japanese-spiritual-vacuum-after-world-war-ii
Joyce Kilmer, \"Trees\" https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/12744/trees
Yasuo Furuya, \"Postwar Protestant Missionary Work In Japan\" https://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/nfile/4177
Lawrence Wittner, \"MacArthur And The Missionaries: God And Man In Occupied Japan\" https://www.jstor.org/stable/3637830
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