Communicating the gospel through narrative preaching to the Japanese congregation

Includes abstract ; Bibliography : leaves 89-92. ; In light of the history of traditional storytelling arts in Japan, narrative preaching communicates the gospel effectively to the common people in Japan, so that they may respond to the message and their lives may be transformed. In chapter 1, I will research on the three traditional popular narrative arts of Japan, among which I will focus on rakugo, a comic storytelling monologue, because it is close to preaching in terms of communication style. It is interesting that classic rakugo originates in Buddhist preaching. In chapter 2, I will argu... Mehr ...