Tag Archives: Silence

Qu4rtets: Makoto Fujimura and A Response to T.S. Eliot in Word, Image, and Sound (Friday Feature)

Posted on February 21, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

I am reading Makoto Fujimura’s intricate, personal, and intelligent 2016 book, Silence and Beauty: Hidden Faith Born of Suffering. This book weaves Fujimura’s particular approach to Nigonga painting, “slow art” as he calls it, with Shūsaku Endō stunning novel, Silence, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Friday | Tagged art, Bruce Herman, Christopher Theofanidis, Japan, Jeremy Begbie, Makoto Fujimura, Shūsaku Endō, Silence, T.S. Eliot, theology and art, theology and literature | 1 Comment

Shūsaku Endō’s Silence: A 10 Minute Book Talk

Posted on January 28, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

Shūsaku Endō’s Silence is the story of, Sebastião Rodrigues, a Jesuit missionary who goes to 17th century Japan to be a priest to an oppressed church and to find his mentor, Fr Ferreira, who is reputed to have apostatized. Fr … Continue reading →

Posted in 10 Minute Book Talk, Reviews | Tagged Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places, Christianity, Eugene Peterson, faith, Global Christianity, Japan, Martin Scorsese, persecution, Shūsaku Endō, Silence | 11 Comments

Did I Assign the Right Lines from Paradise Lost? A Rebuke from C.S. Lewis and a Christian Literature Reading List

Posted on January 8, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

For the first time, I am teaching Paradise Lost–beyond the normal references that come up in English literature, C.S. Lewis courses, and talks about religious history. I am using it to begin an undergraduate course on Christian Literature (after reading Donne‘s … Continue reading →