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Silence and beauty : hidden faith born of suffering / Makoto Fujimura ; foreword by Philip Yancey.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Books, an imprint of InterVarsity Press, [2016]Description: 1 online resource (281 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780830894352
  • 0830894357
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Silence and beauty.DDC classification:
  • 895.63/5 23
LOC classification:
  • PL849.N4 C535 2016
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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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.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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.

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.

Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 25, 2016).

English.