Nikkei Christianity Prior to WWII
By 1941, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, approximately one hundred Nikkei Christian congregations had already been established. Much of this was due to the zealous efforts of churches and…
Friends in Need are Friends Indeed
Historic peace churches such as the Mennonites, Church of the Brethren, and the Society of Friends (Quakers) frequently engaged in personal ministry to the evacuees during World War II. As…
Voices of Protest
Nikkei Voices Rev. Daisuke Kitagawa spoke out against wartime injustices, asserting that his fellow Episcopal churchmen “opposed evacuation as a matter of principle, but nothing was done beyond that. .…
A Shameful Silence
Prior to World War II, pacifist groups like the Church of the Brethren, the Mennonites, the FOR (an interfaith pacifist group committed to social justice), and the Religious Society of…