Ph.D., Hokkaido University

Master's, Hokkaido University

BS, McPherson College

Inazo Nitobe

Kanzo Uchimura

Sapporo Agricultural College

Meiji era Protestantism

Religious Studies

Humanities & Social Sciences, Religious studies

Bachelor's degree program, School of Humanities and Human Sciences

Feb. 2019, 北海道大学, 令和元年度教育研究総長表彰受賞文学研究院

Y. Iwano, Church as Non-Church (Mukyokai): The Individual, Faith community and Society in the Christian thoughts of UCHIMURA Kanzo
La Fay Michelle, Theological Studies in Japan, 54, 147, 152, 2015
The Japan Society of Christian Studies, Japanese

Uchimura Kanzo and Women : From the Perspectives of Foreign Women Scholars
ラフェイ ミシェル, Studium Christianitatis, 47, 58, 64, 2012
Hokkaido Society of Christian Studies, Japanese

"Love" and "Righteousness" in Uchimura Kanzo's A Study of Romans
La Fay Michelle, Journal of the graduate school of letters, 5, 99, 105, Mar. 2010
In order to uncover if Uchimura Kanzo's A Study of Romans is primarily about righteousness or about love, I carried out an analysis of three key words: love, righteousness, and faith. The results were intriguing. Uchimura considered the most important messages of "Letter to the Romans" to be in Chapters 1-8, and he uses the key words righteousness and faith at a high frequency in the sections of A Study of Romans in which he addresses those chapters. However, the key word love occurs in the highest frequency in the sections about Chapters 9-16 of Romans, precisely those chapters that Uchimura termed an "appendage" to the first half of Romans. In addition, in A Study of Romans, Uchimura considers love to be included in and dependent on righteousness, which in turn is completely dependent on faith. Therefore Uchimura's emphasis on righteousness and faith is internally consistent. His thoughts on love, however, are concerned with human relationships, are mainly moralistic and lack the transcendental quality of Christian love. Love, seen as a moral by Uchimura, is consistent with the findings of the previous research. Based on the above factors, the author concludes that A Study of Romans is mainly a book of faith and righteousness, not of love, Hokkaido University, English

Nitobe Inazo and Uchimura Kanzo's Bushido
La Fay M, Studium Christianitatis, 45, 30, 39, 2010
北海道基督教学会 = Hokkaido Society of Christian Studies, Japanese

Expressions of Christian "Love" in Uchimura Kanzo's Works(Section 4,THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE SIXTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE JAPANESE ASSOCIATION FOR RELIGIOUS STUDIES)
LA FAY Michelle, Journal of religious studies, 82, 4, 1134, 1135, 30 Mar. 2009
Japanese Association for Religious Studies, Japanese

Uchimura Kanzo's Love-Hate Relationship with the Word "Love"
La Fay Michelle, Journal of the graduate school of letters, 4, 77, 85, Mar. 2009
As a Christian, Uchimura undoubtedly thought about, analyzed and discussed the concept of love. However, he recognized the difficulty in translating the word and the concept into Japanese. Uchimura stressed the importance of taking into account the close relationship between language and systems of thought. In this paper, Buddhist and Confucian history and culture surrounding the Japanese character and character complexes for love are introduced. The Buddhist character complex "katsuai「渇愛」is shown to be fundamentally human-centered whereas Christian love embodies a transcendent element since love is seen as coming from God. The author also demonstrates that Uchimura's negativity towards "emotional love" shows that he may have been influenced by the negative meaning of the Buddhist character complex "katsuai「渇愛」." Uchimura uses several different variations on the Japanese character for love "ai「愛」" to try and encompass the nuances in the Christian sense of the word love. In trying to distance himself from "emotional love," he adopted what he called "rational love" and in the end, this becomes strongly connected to morals but loses some of the transcendent nuance. In conclusion, Uchimura's treatment of love has both positive and negative aspects but those aspects are the result of an attempt to bring new meaning into an existing Japanese term., Hokkaido University, English

Uchimura Kanzo's Use of Japanese Thoughts and Ideas in his Faith
La Fay Michelle, Journal of the graduate school of letters, 3, 77, 86, Mar. 2008
Japanese individuals who became Protestant Christians during the Meiji era (1867-1912) did so at a time when their traditional lifestyle was undergoing a transition. The samurai background along with a quest for a new foundation for society and lifestyle was an important factor in the way that young Japanese assimilated Christianity and the Bible into their lives. I discuss Uchimura Kanzo and the way that he used Japanese thoughts and ideas in his faith. Looking at "how" Uchimura used Japanese thoughts and ideas in his faith will not only help us to understand some of Uchimura's methods but will also allow us to identify some of the fundamental characteristics that formed the foundation of his faith and life. Many important key terms were discovered including sincerity, loyalty, obedience, virtue, morality, and independence. The key Christian word, love, was not often seen in this investigation of Uchimura's integration of faith and culture. However, Uchimura may have seen the above key terms as being expressions of love., Hokkaido University, English

LEE Kyoungae,『 Uchimura Kama's Christian Philosophy』
LA FAY Michelle, Journal of religious studies, 78, 1, 153, 157, 30 Jun. 2004
Japanese Association for Religious Studies, Japanese

An Analysis of the Meanings of Uchimura Kanzo's "Experiments."
LA FAY Michelle, Journal of religious studies, 73, 3, 51, 75,iii, 2000
Japanese Association for Religious Studies, English

内村鑑三における「実験」の意味--その多様性の分析
ラフェイ ミシェル, 宗教研究, 73, 3, 697, 721, Dec. 1999
日本宗教学会, Japanese

Uchimura kanzo's Theory of the Bible
ミッシェル ラフェイ, Studium Christianitatis, 33, 1, 19, Jul. 1998
日本基督教学会北海道支部/北海道基督学会 = The Hokkaido Society of Christian Studies, Japanese

Japan: Fictions and Reality
The myth of the loss of Japanese identity and its manifestations
Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika, 2020, [Joint work]

恋する人間ー人文学からのアプローチ
鈴木幸人, 第6章 愛（ラブ）明治プロテスタントスタイル
北海道大学出版会, Jun. 2018, [Joint work]

新渡戸稲造に学ぶ
弓巾; 和 順; 佐々木; 啓 編集, 第5章 新渡戸稲造と札幌農学校の国際人
北海道大学出版会, May 2015, [Joint work]

Mucho Uchimura-ish Me: In the Gap Between Two Cultures
Michelle La Fay
Hakurosya, May 2011, [Single work]

The Myth of the Loss of Japanese Identity and Its Manifestations
Michelle La Fay
The Hokkaido Society of Christian Studies, 11 Aug. 2023, Oral presentation

The Myth of the Loss of Japanese Identity
La Fay Michelle
JAPANologists' Playground 2018@Copernicus, 29 Nov. 2018, English, Keynote oral presentation
[Invited], [International presentation]

A Comparison of Female Missionaries in Japan and Korea
La Fay, Michelle
Northeast Sea Region Conference, Japanese, Public discourse

大学院共通授業科目（教育プログラム）：教養深化プログラム, 2024年, 修士課程, 大学院共通科目

大学院共通授業科目（教育プログラム）：教養深化プログラム, 2024年, 修士課程, 大学院共通科目

特別講義（1単位）, 2024年, 学士課程, 全学教育

Aspects of Japan Ⅰ, 2024年, 学士課程, 総合教育部

Aspects of Japan Ⅰ, 2024年, 学士課程, 現代日本学プログラム課程

国際交流Ⅱ, 2024年, 学士課程, 国際本部

国際教養演習Ⅰ, 2024年, 学士課程, 文学部

専門横断科目（一般科目）：人文社会科学, 2024年, 学士課程, 専門横断科目

特別講義, 2024年, 学士課程, 国際本部

社会の認識, 2024年, 学士課程, 全学教育

英語演習, 2024年, 学士課程, 全学教育

特別講義（1単位）, 2024年, 学士課程, 全学教育

Mar. 2014 - Mar. 2014
Nitobe Inazo and Future Globalization: Bushido and World Citizens
Hokkaido University Graduate School of Letters
"International Symposium"

Jul. 2012 - Jul. 2012
Connecting East and West: Uchimura Kanzo and Nitobe Inazo
NHK Eテレ TV series documenting Japanese historical figures and their lives. Reporter for this episode.