![]() ![]() Again and again, as Rodrigues encounters others, such as Ferreira, who tell him to apostatize, he refuses. Again, Rodrigues is horrified by God’s acceptance of the fate of so many innocent people, who have been punished for simply following their faith. There are further deaths, including a village of Christians who are drowned for refusing to renounce their faith. ![]() Therefore, Rodrigues is set on understanding what the good is in the torture, death and persecution of Christians. all it sufferings has been bestowed upon us – for everything that Our Lord does is for our good (p. His faith in God is steadfast, but he does start to also think about what his life and the suffering around him would mean if there was no God. There, he witnesses the death of another Christian who refused as he did and begins to question why God has not intervened. Rodrigues is jailed when he is betrayed by another character, Kichijiro, and once there, again refuses to apostatize. When they arrive in Tomogi with their guide, Garrpe, they set up in a hut to practice their faith in secret as those Christians who did not apostatize were persecuted. ![]() Rodrigues and his companions are also on a journey to keep Christianity alive during a time in which Christians were tortured and unfairly persecuted in an attempt to wipe out foreign influences in Japan. During his journey, Rodrigues encounters horrible atrocities and sees torture and death and questions not only his religious convictions, but the reasons why God, in his silence, allows these things to happen. They also have another goal, and that is to find out what happened to their teacher, Christovao Ferreira, a respected theologian who has been shamed for renunciation of his faith. The story starts in 1637 when he, along with two other priests, sets out to Japan for missionary work. It tells the story of Father Sebastion Rodrigues, a Jesuit priest who lives in Portugal. "A masterpiece, a lucid and elegant drama." - The New York Review of Books.Silence was published in 1966 by the Catholic Japanese author, Shusaku Endo. is a great achievement, and I love the book." - David Mitchell, author. Shusaku Endo is one of the most celebrated and well-known Japanese fiction writers of the twentieth century, and Silence is widely considered to be his great masterpiece." - from the rear outer cover. ![]() Eventually captured and forced to watch their Japanese Christian brothers lay down their lives for their faith, the priests bear witness to unimaginable cruelties that test their own beliefs. Seventeenth-century Japan: Two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to a country hostile to their religion, where feudal lords force the faithful to publicly renounce their beliefs. "The Classic Novel of Enduring Faith in Dangerous Times. Translated from the Japanese by William Johnston. Includes About the Author About the Translator List of Other Books by Shusaku Endo Foreword by Martin Scorsese Translator's Preface Prologue Appendix: Diary of an Officer at the Christian Residence and An Expanded Discussion Guide for Silence By Shusaku Endo consisting of Praise for Silence Publisher's Note A Note on Silence Meet Shusaku Endo Endo's Influence Discussion Questions and Topics and Recommended Further Reading. As new condition color photographic softcover wraps. ![]()
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