Silence and beauty hidden faith born of suffering

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 co...

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Main Author: Fujimura, Makoto, 1960- (Author)
Other Authors: Yancey, Philip (writer of foreword.)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Books, an imprint of InterVarsity Press, [2016]
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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
Physical Description: 261 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references ([229]-241) and indexes.
ISBN: 9780830844593
0830844597
Author Notes: Philip Yancey is a journalist and writer who writes a featured column in Christianity Today. The author of more than a dozen books. He is the recipient of a Christianity Today Book of the Year Award, two ECPA Book of the Year Awards, and eleven Gold Medallions. He lives in Evergreen, Colorado.

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