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

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How should the horror of the atom bomb be remembered? In what ways might we remember so that the terrible experience of its use might be transformed into hope for a universal community of peace? In a fascinating case study in comparative religion, this book traces the struggle of the hibakusha, the...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Miyamoto, Yuki
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Fordham University Press, 2012.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Bordering religions
Temas:
1945
Nuclear warfare > Moral and ethical aspects.
Responsibility > Case studies > Social aspects.
Collective memory > Case studies.
Peace movements > Japan > Hiroshima-shi.
Responsibility > Social aspects > Japan > Hiroshima-shi.
Memorials > Japan > Hiroshima-shi.
Collective memory > Japan > Hiroshima-shi.
Atomic bomb victims > Religious life > Japan > Hiroshima-shi.
Guerre nucléaire > Aspect moral.
Responsabilité > Études de cas > Aspect social.
Mémoire collective > Études de cas.
Mouvements pacifistes > Japon > Hiroshima.
Responsabilité > Aspect social > Japon > Hiroshima.
Mémoire collective > Japon > Hiroshima.
Victimes de bombardements atomiques > Japon > Hiroshima > Vie religieuse.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Asian > Japanese.
Collective memory
Ethics
Memorials
Nuclear warfare > Moral and ethical aspects
Peace movements
Responsibility
Responsibility > Social aspects
Hiroshima-shi (Japan) > Religious life and customs.
Hiroshima-shi (Japan) > History > Bombardment, 1945 > Moral and ethical aspects.
Hiroshima (Japon) > Histoire > 1945 (Bombardement) > Aspect moral.
Japan > Hiroshima-shi
Case studies
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:How should the horror of the atom bomb be remembered? In what ways might we remember so that the terrible experience of its use might be transformed into hope for a universal community of peace? In a fascinating case study in comparative religion, this book traces the struggle of the hibakusha, the survivors of the 1945 bombings, to make sense of their experiences through an ethic of Gnot retaliation, but reconciliation. G The predominant religious group in Hiroshima was True Pure Land Buddhism. From this sect emerged an account of the bombings in terms of karma, the misdeeds of humansGin the c.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (160 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780823249312
082324931X

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