Scorsese’s Silence: Film as Practical Theodicy

Martin Scorsese’s adaptation of Shusaku Endo’s novel Silence takes up the anguished experience of God’s silence in the face of human suffering. The main character, the Jesuit priest Sabastião Rodrigues, finds his faith gutted by the appalling silence of God as he witnesses the horrific persecution o...

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Main Author: DeWeese-Boyd, Ian (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 2017
In: The journal of religion and film
Year: 2017, Volume: 21, Issue: 2, Pages: 1-34
Further subjects:B Martin Scorsese Silence Ignatius of Loyola Shusaku Endo problem of evil theodicy problem of hiddenness divine absence
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