Kumano Yoshitaka

Background

Kumano Yoshitaka was born in 1899 in Tokyo, Japan.

Education

Kumano Yoshitaka attended Waseda University, where he became a Christian. Following his baptism in 1917, he withdrew from the university to attend Tokyo Theological Seminary, where he was influenced by Masahisa Uemura. In 1923, Kumano Yoshitaka graduated from Tokyo Theological Seminary.

Career

Kumano Yoshitaka was ordained in 1926 and briefly served churches in Tokyo and Hakodate. He also served as co-pastor of the Musashino Church in Tokyo. In 1934, Kumano was appointed to the faculty of Tokyo Seminary. Kumano Yoshitaka served as professor of Tokyo Christian Theological College and professor of Tokyo Theological College.

Achievements

• Kumano Yoshitaka is the author of "Outline of Christianity" (1947), "Essence of Christ" (1949), and a three-volume "Dogmatics" (1954-1965). In these works Kumano tried to relate the whole of theology to eschatology.

Religion

Kumano Yoshitaka was a representative theologist of the Japan Christian Group. He was one of the first Presbyterian theologians to contextualize Christian theology within Japanese life and culture.