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This paper is a comparative study on emperor worship and its relationship with Christianity between the Roman Empire and Japanese Imperialism. Even though the two empires differed in time, space, national constituents, social structure, etc., we can find many common features between two. Firstly, the conception of god was very similar: it was polytheism, and anything or anyone that was powerful would be a god; thus there were a number of gods in the universe. The priests were recruited not due to their religious callings, but their social status, like public officials. Secondly, there has been heavy controversy in both empires over whether emperor worship was a political phenomenon or a religious one. Basically, emperor worship might have started as a political device to control his subjects, but in the process it seems to have fully developed to the level of religion. Thirdly, in both empires, emperors were identified as sun-god, and sun worship became the core of the emperor worship. It is based on the analogy that as the sun is the most powerful being in the sky, the emperor is the most powerful one on the earth. Fourthly, emperor worship ideology spread widely through various kinds of media such as coins, medals, monuments, festivals, etc. In this case, Japanese emperor worship was more effective thanks to the mass media that developed from the 19th century such as stamps, radio, newspapers, magazines, etc. Lastly, the relationship with Christianity is also remarkably similar in both cases. Basically, Jesus Christ was regarded as a rival of the Roman emperor or Japanese king. Christians were called atheists, a-patriots, traitors, or dangerous people who threaten society, and often persecuted. The persecution became more fierce when a national disaster or anything bad took place. In sum, in spite of differences of time, space, and social structure, etc., the emperor worship of the Roman Empire and Japanese Imperialism was very similar in many respects, especially in their attitudes against Christianity.
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