Japanese Women

Brought to you by Penguin. Chris Harding's enormously enjoyable new book distils Japan's long, complex and fascinating history into the stories of twenty remarkable individuals. These vivid and entertaining portraits take the reader from the earliest written accounts of Japan right through to...

本書はこの問いに丁寧かつ実践的に向き合うためのガイドです神学的な洞察と働く女性たちが直面する現実への深い理解を兼ね備えすべての女性に勇気と視座を与えるとともに男性にとっても信仰と仕事を再考する助けとなります 社会の中で女性の役割が大きく広がる一方で教会における女性の働きや召命に対する理解は必ずしも同じ速度で進展してきたとは言えません多くの女性は妻として母としてそして職場の一員として周囲の期待に応えようとしながら複雑な人間関係や完璧であらねばならないというプレッシャーと毎日向き合っています 著者ジョアンナマイアーはこうしたギャップを埋めるために女性が社会生活と職業生活において担う使命を聖書の物語の中に位置づけて語ります仕事は神の計画の中心にあるものであり神の似姿に造られた者として女性たちは男性と共に世界をかたちづくる責任と喜びを与えられているのです

女性が誘ってほしい今ならＯＫという心理サインを見逃していては成功する告白も失敗してしまいます

The house was built when I was nine years old at the place where our old house was torn down, because it was too old to live in. That old house was built about 100 years ago. My ancestors lived at exactly the same spot generation after generation for over 1000 years since my family used to be a landlord of the area. We are here for around 63 generations.

A long time ago, when Japan had the feudal system, my family was a landlord of the area. It has come to a complete downfall over the years, but my family still clings to its past glory. For them, to succeed the family is critical. I’m firstborn and have no brother which meant that I was a successor and destined to spend the whole life in my hometown. But, music changed everything. To pursue a career in music, my hometown was too rural, and I had to move out. Back then, I was a college student, and moving to a city meant dropping out of school.