On the rural islands off the coast of Japan, a handful of believers practice a version of Christianity that has direct links ...

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As we travelled through big cities and rural areas ... the orange-colored torii gates, my husband wondered, half-whispering, “We don’t know who is the God of the Japanese.

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“Sha ri shi. Shiki fu i ku. Ku fu i shiki.” The sounds of the monks’ chants reverberated through me. I didn’t know what the words meant, but somehow they brought me a measure of peace ...