The Making of an Elite: Japanese Christians

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This was a timed post. The way these work is that if it takes me more than two hours to complete the post, an applet that I made deletes everything I’ve written so far and I abandon the post. You can find my previous timed post here. If people like the idea of articles describing elite group formation, I will continue to do more of these for different groups. You can find two of my earlier articles on this topic here and here. Christianity in Japan is a story in two parts. The first took place with the arrival of Jesuit missionaries in 1549 and lasted for nearly a century before the religion was banned and its adherents were forced to convert or hide their faith. In that time, Christianity reached its peak popularity, with almost 300,000 Christians in a population of 15 to 20 million. That story has been amply covered elsewhere if you’d like to go learn more about it. My focus is on the less well known second period that’s taken place after the United States forced Japan to open up. Th

The Making of an Elite: Japanese Christians Why are Japanese elites so likely to be Christian when Japan is a 99% non-Christian country? Cremieux Nov 07, 2025 261 11 30 Share This was a timed post. The way these work is that if it takes me more than two hours to complete the post, an applet that I made deletes everything I’ve written so far and I abandon the post. You can find my previous timed post here . If people like the idea of articles describing elite group formation, I will continue to do more of these for different groups. You can find two of my earlier articles on this topic here and

The Making of an Elite: Japanese Christians

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