Книга: Johnny Toma «A Study of the Catholic Priest in Shusaku Endo`s Novels»

Производитель: "LAP Lambert Academic Publishing"

This thesis was born out of a desire to study the character of the Catholic priest in literary works of fiction in order to learn new ways of understanding them and the God they serve in a rapidly changing world. Much has already been written about priests in the Western hemisphere in works such as Graham Greene`s The Power and the Glory and Georges Bernanos The Diary of a Country Priest but much less is known of books about priests from other parts of the globe. Through a process of elimination, it was decided to consult the works of the revered Shusaku Endo because he is considered by many scholars to be Japan`s, if not Asia`s, foremost Catholic writer. In an attempt to reconcile his Catholic faith with his Japanese identity, Endo ultimately produced a series of fictional stories that provided a rare glimpse into the lives of Catholic priests in a non traditional Catholic setting. Four of Endo`s novels were chosen for this study because of the prominent roles that the Catholic... ISBN:9783846516218

Издательство: "LAP Lambert Academic Publishing" (2011)

ISBN: 9783846516218