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Kierkegaard's Incarnational Mission

A Study of Søren Kierkegaard as a Missionary Applied to the Japanese Context

Michio Ogino

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English
Langham Academic
30 June 2025
One lacuna in Søren Kierkegaard scholarship is in analyzing his works with his self-described identity as a ""missionary to Christendom"" in mind. Challenging the international connotation of the term ""missionary,"" Dr. Michio Ogino examines Kierkegaard's works in which he identified himself as a missionary writer, to reveal how he considered being a missionary an integral part of being a Christian.

By chronologically and empirically examining the writings of Søren Kierkegaard, Dr. Ogino argues that Kierkegaard not only proclaimed Jesus Christ in his homeland but did so in a manner similar to how Christ had done on earth, incarnating the Christian message for his contemporaries. Through this provocative exploration, Ogino lays out how the application of Kierkegaardian mission can help to overcome five recognized barriers in Japanese evangelization. Kierkegaard scholars and readers will find a new understanding of the motivations and reasoning behind his works, and missionaries, not only to Japan but all nations, will be encouraged in how his approach can be applied in their context.
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Imprint:   Langham Academic
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 25mm
Weight:   651g
ISBN:   9781839739866
ISBN 10:   183973986X
Series:   Studies in Theology
Pages:   490
Publication Date:  
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

MICHIO OGINO, an ordained minister of Japan Assemblies of God, has a PhD from Middlesex University through the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies, UK. He currently serves as the senior pastor of Galilee Maruko Christ Church, Nagano, Japan, and as a pastor at Central Evangelistic Church, Tokyo, Japan. In addition, he is the dean of students and a lecturer in systematic theology at Central Bible College, Tokyo, Japan.

Reviews for Kierkegaard's Incarnational Mission: A Study of Søren Kierkegaard as a Missionary Applied to the Japanese Context

Kierkegaard's Incarnational Mission is an extraordinary book. Dr. Ogino is commended for this creative work, while various contexts may consider similar explorations. Wonsuk Ma, PhD Executive Director, Center for Spirit-Empowered Research We can be deeply grateful to Michio Ogino for his important work in helping us to navigate [the] missional focus of Kierkegaard's writings, and for bringing Kierkegaard's work to life in such an accessible way. It is a great gift to both the scholarship on Kierkegaard, as well as the eld of missiology more broadly. Rev. Joshua Cockayne, PhD Lecturer in Mission and Evangelism, Durham University, UK In this work, Dr. Michio Ogino shows how Kierkegaard's claim to be a kind of missionary can illuminate an important part of Kierkegaard's authorship. He then goes further to apply these insights to the project of evangelizing his own country, Japan. C. Stephen Evans, PhD Emeritus University Professor of Philosophy and Humanities, Baylor University, Texas, USA


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