Citation

Brown, Andrew James. “From Negation to Affirmation: Trusting the ‘Great Life’ [大生命, Daiseimei]—An Easter Sunday Thought for the Day.” Blogspot. Caute, 3 Apr. 2026, https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2026/04/from-negation-to-affirmation-trusting.html.

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Per Brown, religious liberals' disbelief in the resurrection has led them to treat the Easter story as what? :: Metaphor for different forms of arising

Title of a 1910 essay by Imaoka written before he stopped being a Congregationalist minister. :: "I am the Life and the Resurrection"

Imaoka's essay "I am the Life and the Resurrection" is a play on what statement by Jesus? :: "I am the resurrection and the life."

According to Imaoka and Emerson, where is the source of religion? :: Within us.

Great Life in Japanese. :: Daiseimei

Per Imaoka, the object of our veneration must be what? :: the Great Life

Where is the Great Life to be found? :: Within us but also throughout the Universe

Per Imaoka, while focused on the Great Life within us, how do we approach tradition (i.e., doctrines or established narratives)? :: Use them to understand the activity of the Great Life.

Using Imaoka's the Great Life, how did Andrew James Brown reinterpreted the meaning of Easter? :: Easter is a reminder of the Great Life within us that allows all forms of arising.