Meditations on the Cross by Toyohiko Kagawa

 Meditations on the Cross by Toyohiko Kagawa.

This is a 3rd printing with the original dust jacket.

 About this book from the dust jacket:

“Few individuals from lands not nominally Christian have found a place in American life and thought as significant as that of Kagawa. The voice of his devotion has survived poverty, war, occupation and reconstruction and now speaks as clearly as ever to the present day. Here are sixteen meditations through which we are enabled to see meaning for our world and our lives as Kagawa understands the great fact of the Cross.

To this saintly man and social prophet, the Crucifixion of Jesus is central to the Christian message and mission. However, instead of approaching the death and resurrection of Jesus in the traditional manner of set dogma, he finds that the idea of the Cross is one that can make dynamic both the individual believer and also the social movements working toward the establishment of the Kingdom of God. The first six meditations are drawn from and built upon the Cross revealed in the Scripture; the last twelve expound a workable, modern-day philosophy of the Cross.

Clearly conceived and uniquely expressed, there is in each meditation the kernel of a distinct and challenging idea. The evangelistic note is strong, for they were preached to non-Christian Japanese, but the evangelism is a world-embracing one that excludes no area of life or thought. The language is pungent with unusual idioms and unforgettable expressions.“

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This book is a title that was in Dr. Bob Smith’s personal library and a book that he referred to others to read!

This book is in good condition. There is minor wear to the cover. There is handwriting and pen markings throughout the book. There is edge wear and tears to the dust jacket.

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