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...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of Religion in Japan |
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Brill
2016
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Journal of Religion in Japan
Jahr: 2016, Band: 5, Heft: 1, Seiten: 47-69 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Urakami-Kathedrale Nagasaki
/ Wiederaufbau
/ Gedenken
/ Atombombenabwurf auf Nagasaki
/ Christenverfolgung
/ Symbolik
/ Geschichte 1600-2016
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| RelBib Classification: | CB Christliche Existenz; Spiritualität CH Christentum und Gesellschaft KAH Kirchengeschichte 1648-1913; Neuzeit KAJ Kirchengeschichte 1914-; neueste Zeit KBM Asien KDB Katholische Kirche |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Urakami
Catholic
cathedral
dangerous memory
persecution
atomic bomb
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| Zusammenfassung: | 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 |
| Enthält: | In: Journal of Religion in Japan
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22118349-00501007 |