季刊　THE JAPAN MISSION JOURNAL

最新号 autumn 2026

The JAPAN MISSION JOURNAL (JMJ) is a long-standing Catholic publication in English dealing predominantly with all facets of evangelization and inculturation of Christianity in Japan. It approaches Christian mission from an Asian perspective. JMJ boasts a history of over 80 years.

日本やアジアでの福音宣教活動や宗教文化などをテーマとする論文、ブックレビュー、トピックスなどを収録。カトリック英文研究誌として80年以上の歴史があり、キリスト教の使命について、アジアの観点から考えます。海外の方に、現代の日本の精神文化を紹介するためにも最適です。

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autumn 2026　VOL. 80, No.3

CONTENTS

Catherine Cornille	Dialogue as Food for Proclamation
Roger Vanzila Munsi	Embodied Sacramental Memory: Liminal Efficacy in Kakure Kirishitan Baptism
Peter C. Phan	Magnifica humanitas: Reflections from an Asian Perspective
Alberto Melloni	Anatomy of an Encyclical

Highlights of the JMJ Autumn 2026 Issue　Volume 80, Number 3
The Japan Mission Journal continues its commitment to fostering theological reflection, interreligious dialogue, and missionary engagement in Asia and beyond. The Autumn 2026 issue brings together distinguished scholars whose contributions address some of the Church's most pressing questions today: evangelization in a pluralistic world, the transmission of faith through memory and ritual, the meaning of human dignity, and the enduring significance of papal teaching.
Catherine Cornille reflects on how interreligious dialogue nourishes Christian proclamation, while Roger Vanzila Munsi examines the enduring sacramental memory of the Kakure Kirishitan through baptismal practice.　Peter C. Phan offers an Asian perspective on the richness of human dignity in Magnifica Humanitas, and Alberto Melloni provides a compelling study of the nature and significance of papal encyclicals in Anatomy of an Encyclical.
Together, these contributions invite readers to deepen their appreciation of faith lived in dialogue, preserved in memory, expressed in humanity, and guided by the Church's teaching tradition.
Fr. Kabundi Honore, CICM
Editor, Japan Mission JournalIssue Volume

Published four times a year, JMJ features:
● In-depth analysis of Japan's socio-cultural and religious situation from a Christian perspective.
● Articles by Japanese and non-Japanese Church workers and scholars.
● Book reviews of Japanese and world-wide publications relevant to the apostolate.

JMJ presents easy-to-read, down-to-earth reports on Christian education, liturgy, ecumenism, catechetics, important Church documents, and literary and interreligious topics.

In the past, JMJ has helped pioneer cross-cultural discussion on crucial topics, such as ancestor veneration, Zen meditation, the meaning and role of Shinto customs, the writings of Endo Shusaku and other Christian authors, and the like.
Having entered the third millennium, JMJ focuses on the specific problems the Church is facing today, particularly in the Asian context of the triple dialogue with cultures, with other religious traditions, and with the immense multitude of the poor.

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