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After his return to Japan, Uchimura worked as a teacher, but was fired or forced to resign in several instances over his uncompromising position toward authorities or foreign missionary bodies that controlled the schools. The most famous such incident was his refusal to bow deeply to the portrait of
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who introduced his students to the Christian faith through Bible classes. All of his students converted and signed the "Covenant of Believers in Jesus", committing themselves to continue studying the Bible and to do their best to live moral lives. Clark returned to the United States after one year,
484:" or Nonchurch Movement. Uchimura's movement attracted many students in Tokyo who later became influential figures in academia, industry, and literature. His "prophetic" views on religion, science, politics, and social issues became influential beyond his small group of followers. 297:, and exhibited a talent for languages from a very early age; he started to study the English language at the age of 11. At age 13 he entered a foreign language school to continue to study English, and planned to pursue a government job. In 1877, he gained admission to the 416:. After completing his second bachelor's degree (B.Sc.) in general science at Amherst, he enrolled in Hartford Seminary, but quit after only one semester, disappointed by theological education. He returned to Japan in 1888. 457:. Uchimura's fame as a popular writer became solid as he launched a series of sharp criticism against industrialist Ichibei Furukawa over one of modern Japan's first industrial pollution cases involving Furukawa's 346:. Through Clark's teaching and example, this small group believed that they could practice and live an authentic life of faith without depending on a religious institution or a professional clergy. 316:, had spent the year assisting the Japanese government in establishing the college. While his primary role was to teach agricultural technology, Clark was a committed lay Christian 80: 327:(先輩, a term for strongly-influential senior peers), Uchimura signed the Covenant during his first year at the College at the age of 16 and went on to receive 451:). Realizing that his religious beliefs were incompatible with a teaching career, he turned to writing, becoming senior columnist for the popular newspaper, 468:
in his newspaper columns, which came into conflict with the paper's official editorial views. He started publishing and selling his own monthly magazine,
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Uchimura departed for the United States following a brief and unhappy first marriage in 1884. He was first befriended by Wister Morris and his wife, a
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Dissatisfaction with the mission church, however, led Uchimura and his Japanese supporters to establish an independent church in
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Uchimura's career as a journalist was cut short as well, largely due to his pacifist views and vocal opposition against the
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but Uchimura felt his influence through the small Covenant group that was left behind. Under considerable pressure from his
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Tombstone of Uchimura Kanzō. It is inscribed "I for Japan, Japan for the World, The World for Christ, And All for God."
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Jesus, Japan, and Kanzo Uchimara: A Brief Study of Non-Church Movement and its Appropriateness for Japan.
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in the formal ceremony held at the First Higher School (then preparatory division to the
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Living for Jesus and Japan: The social and theological thought of Uchimura Kanzo.
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was a Japanese author, Christian evangelist, and the founder of the
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The Diary of a Japanese Convert, with a Foreword by T. S. Wentworth
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How I became a Christian: out of my diary, by a"Heathen Convert".
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in Tokyo as a result of his sojourning in the Philadelphia area.
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at the Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
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The Oxford Handbook of the Reception History of the Bible
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