| Description |
1 online resource (281 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
A pilgrimage -- A journey into Silence : pulverization -- A culture of beauty : cultural context for Silence -- Ambiguity and faith : Japan, the ambiguous, and myself -- Ground Zero -- Fumi-e culture -- Hidden faith revealed -- The redemption of Father Rodrigues -- The aroma : toward an antidote to trauma -- Mission beyond the waves -- Appendix 1. Endo and Kawabata -- Appendix 2. Kenzaburo Oe's "Human lamb" -- Appendix 3. A summary of Silence by Shusaku Endo. |
| Summary |
Internationally renowned artist Makoto Fujimura reflects on Shusaku Endo's novel Silence and grapples with the nature of art, pain and culture. Showing that light is yet present in darkness, he uncovers deep layers of meaning in Japanese history and finds connections to how faith is lived in contexts of trauma. --Publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Endō, Shūsaku, 1923-1996. Chinmoku.
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Chinmoku (Endō, Shūsaku) |
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Religion in literature.
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Religion in literature. |
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Persecution in literature.
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Persecution in literature. |
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Religion and literature -- Japan.
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Religion and literature. |
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Japan. |
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Aesthetics, Japanese.
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Aesthetics, Japanese. |
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Christianity and the arts -- Japan.
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Christianity and the arts. |
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Suffering -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Suffering -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Fujimura, Makoto, 1960- Silence and beauty. Downers Grove, IL : InterVarsity Press, 2016 9780830844593 (DLC) 2015050888 |
| ISBN |
9780830894352 (electronic book) |
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0830894357 (electronic book) |
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9780830844593 (hardcover alkaline paper) |
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