Remembering the Ruins of the Urakami Cathedral
When Urakami Cathedral was rebuilt in 1959, many citizens experienced the loss of the ruins as a silencing of Nagasaki’s experience. This paper explores Catholic survivors’ attitudes towards the Cathedral and loss of an important atomic relic, and shows that while they regret the ruins’ disappearanc...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
2016
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Journal of Religion in Japan
Année: 2016, Volume: 5, Numéro: 1, Pages: 47-69 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Urakami-Kathedrale Nagasaki
/ Reconstruction
/ Commémoration
/ Nagasaki (Japon)
/ Persécution des chrétiens
/ Symbolisme
/ Histoire 1600-2016
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| RelBib Classification: | CB Spiritualité chrétienne CH Christianisme et société KAH Époque moderne KAJ Époque contemporaine KBM Asie KDB Église catholique romaine |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Urakami
Catholic
cathedral
dangerous memory
persecution
atomic bomb
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| Résumé: | When Urakami Cathedral was rebuilt in 1959, many citizens experienced the loss of the ruins as a silencing of Nagasaki’s experience. This paper explores Catholic survivors’ attitudes towards the Cathedral and loss of an important atomic relic, and shows that while they regret the ruins’ disappearance, they also recognise the rebuilt Cathedral as a symbol of survival. In addition, by examining individual and collective narrative and photographic images, it is demonstrated that Urakami Christian (kirishitan キリシタン) narratives on the Cathedral bond the trauma of the bomb to older memories of persecution, which in turn intensifies the justification for rebuilding the church. By placing such communal memory in the context of theologian Johann Baptist Metz’s conception of the ‘dangerous memory’ of suffering, the author evaluates narratives such as Nagai Takashi’s providence (go-setsuri ご摂理) and interpretation of the bombing as the Urakami ‘Fifth Persecution’ (go-ban kuzure 五番崩れ). |
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| ISSN: | 2211-8349 |
| Contient: | In: Journal of Religion in Japan
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22118349-00501007 |