Beyond the mushroom cloud: commemoration, religion, and responsibility after Hiroshima

Introduction: The Ethics of Commemoration -- pt. 1. Commemoration -- Toward a Community of Memory -- Dialogue with the Dead : The Yasukuni Shinto Shrine and Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park -- pt. 2. Religious Interpretations -- Beyond Good and Evil : Koji Shigenobu and the True Pure Land Understanding...

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Main Author: Miyamoto, Yuki (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: New York, NY Fordham Univ. Press 2012
In:Year: 2012
Edition:1. ed.
Series/Journal:Bordering religions : concepts, conflicts, and conversations
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Japan / Atomic bomb dropping / Victim (Religion) / Remembrance / Religion / Collective memory
Further subjects:B Peace Movements (Japan) (Hiroshima-shi)
B Hiroshima-shi (Japan) History Bombardment, 1945 Moral and ethical aspects
B Memorials (Japan) (Hiroshima-shi)
B Collective Memory (Japan) (Hiroshima-shi)
B Hiroshima-shi (Japan) Religious life and customs
B Responsibility Social aspects Case studies
B Atomic bomb victims Religious life (Japan) (Hiroshima-shi)
B Reconciliation Religious aspects
B Nuclear warfare Religious aspects
B Nuclear warfare Moral and ethical aspects
B Responsibility Social aspects (Japan) (Hiroshima-shi)
B Hiroshima-shi (Japan) History Bombardment, 1945
B Collective Memory Case studies
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Summary:Introduction: The Ethics of Commemoration -- pt. 1. Commemoration -- Toward a Community of Memory -- Dialogue with the Dead : The Yasukuni Shinto Shrine and Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park -- pt. 2. Religious Interpretations -- Beyond Good and Evil : Koji Shigenobu and the True Pure Land Understanding of the Atomic Bombing -- Sacrificial Lambs : Nagai Takashi and the Roman Catholic Interpretation of the Bombing -- pt. 3. Responsibility -- Women in Atomic Bomb Narratives : Hagiography, Alterity, and Non-Nomological Ethics -- Postscript: After Too Many Mushroom Clouds -- Afterword
Item Description:Formerly CIP Uk. - Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0823240509