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This paper is about Uzimura's belief in the Second Advent of JesusChrist, analyzing the process of the movement based on his belief fromJanuary 1918 to June 1919 and then the controversies caused by themovement. His belief in the Second Advent of Christ can be categorizedinto a soteriology related closely to a faith of atonement. Uzimuraconsidered the Second Advent as a complete reification of the salvationderived from the crucified Christ and as the time when the glorifiedChrist will complete the universe. In other words, he recognized theSecond Advent completely through "the very fact of the Cross". Based onsuch belief he incorporated the concept of God into a cosmology,reaching an ultimate stage of his soteriology in general. His belief in the Second Coming also included a serious reflectionagainst "the one-sided rationalism" of the modern Japanese ProtestantChurch. He pursued a revival of the biblical faith which cancomprehends religious transcendence or mysteries as well as human reason. As a result, he attempted to recover the balance between'salvation' and 'rationality'. His religious faith can be interpreted in bothaspects of self-helping and other-dependent salvation. On the Day Godwill not only judge all people of what they did, but also complete whatthey couldn't. Thus his belief in the Second Coming encourages them todo the goodness for their salvation in terms of a religious comfort andbelief in "the coming Day". In this sense it is a faith that connects 'theself' with 'the other', making the two beings inseparable, but not identical. Within a structure of this faith, 'the other' stimulates ' the self' religiouslyand human efforts are united with the power of God, while an unlimiteddifference between the entities is emphasized. His belief in the Second Advent built in a historical struggle in realityenabled him to actively participate in the social reality. This made hisfaith different essentially from an apocalyptic obsession of the end ofmankind, from a timeless escapism from reality, or from any deterministicsuperstitions. It was a faith that was based on an eschatological hopethrough 'the freedom before the finality', facing to and trying to bearresponsibility to complete a religious duty in the midst of history. Therefore, Uzimura's belief in the Second Advent functioned as acriticism against the real world because of its eschatological hope andmotivation of looking for alternatives. That was a faith in eschatologicalpraxis, making possible both 'facing to the world' and 'separating from theworld'.
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Uzimura Ganzo, Non-Church Movement, faith in the Second Coming of Christ, salvation, eschatology
