Glossary Term
Risk: High- Approved rendering
- 信仰
- Transliteration
- shinkou
- Rejected alternatives
- 信心, 宗教心
Faith
Personal trust in Christ specifically; must be distinguished from generic 宗教心 (religious sentiment) common in Japan’s famously syncretistic ‘do both’ religious practice (visiting a Shinto shrine at New Year and a Buddhist temple at Obon without exclusive commitment to either).
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