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An interdisciplinary dialogue with Shusaku Endo''s last novel offering new perspectives on Japanese culture, Christian doctrine, Hindu spiritualities, and Buddhist worldviews.

In Navigating Deep River, Mark W. Dennis and Darren J. N. Middleton have curated a wide-ranging discussion of Shusaku Endo''s final novel, Deep River, in which four careworn Japanese tourists journey to India''s holy Ganges in search of spiritual as well as existential renewal. Navigating Deep River evaluates and probes Endo''s decades-long search to find the words to explain Transcendent Mystery, the difficult tension between faith and doubt, the purpose of spiritual journeys, and the challenges posed by the reality of religious pluralism in an increasingly diverse world. The contributors, including Van C. Gessel who translated Deep River into English in 1994, offer an engaged and patient exploration of this major text in world fiction, and this anthology promises to deepen academic appreciation for Endo, within and beyond the West.

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      Publisher: State University of New York Press
      Publication Date: 1/2/2021 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781438477961, 978-1438477961
      ISBN10: 1438477961

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      An interdisciplinary dialogue with Shusaku Endo''s last novel offering new perspectives on Japanese culture, Christian doctrine, Hindu spiritualities, and Buddhist worldviews.

      In Navigating Deep River, Mark W. Dennis and Darren J. N. Middleton have curated a wide-ranging discussion of Shusaku Endo''s final novel, Deep River, in which four careworn Japanese tourists journey to India''s holy Ganges in search of spiritual as well as existential renewal. Navigating Deep River evaluates and probes Endo''s decades-long search to find the words to explain Transcendent Mystery, the difficult tension between faith and doubt, the purpose of spiritual journeys, and the challenges posed by the reality of religious pluralism in an increasingly diverse world. The contributors, including Van C. Gessel who translated Deep River into English in 1994, offer an engaged and patient exploration of this major text in world fiction, and this anthology promises to deepen academic appreciation for Endo, within and beyond the West.

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