The Lenten Face of Christ in Shusaku Endo's Silence and Life of Jesus

While much has been written in literary criticism about Shusaku Endo's various historical and literary novels particularly by William Johnston, SJ and Van C. Gessel who have also served as key translators of Endo into English, this essay builds on their work and provides a necessary theological...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Keuss, Jeffrey F. 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
Drawer...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: Sage 2007
In: The expository times
Year: 2007, Volume: 118, Issue: 6, Pages: 273-279
Further subjects:B Criticism
B ENDO, Shusaku, 1923-1996
B Jesus Christ
B Jesus Christ Face
B LIFE of Jesus (Book)
B theological givenness
B Christology
B Life of Jesus
B Jean Luc Marion
B SILENCE (Book)
B Soteriology
B Icon
B Shusaku Endo
B Face
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Description
Summary:While much has been written in literary criticism about Shusaku Endo's various historical and literary novels particularly by William Johnston, SJ and Van C. Gessel who have also served as key translators of Endo into English, this essay builds on their work and provides a necessary theological and phenomenological exploration of Endo's work through his fluidity of imaging the face of Christ in Silence and Life of Jesus. In particular, Endo's use of the 'fumie' image of Christ provokes a reading of Jean Luc Marion's notion of idol and icon and creates a compelling reassessment of the dislocating images of Christ found in the Lenten season.
ISSN:1745-5308
Contains:Enthalten in: The expository times
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0014524606076087