TY - DATA T1 - Legacies of suffering, theologies of hope: Nagasaki Catholics, the bomb and dangerous memory PY - 2018/06/07 AU - GWYN ANDREW MCCLELLAND UR - https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/thesis/Legacies_of_suffering_theologies_of_hope_Nagasaki_Catholics_the_bomb_and_dangerous_memory/6453857 DO - 10.4225/03/5b18c72a5fe8f L4 - https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/11871077 KW - Atomic bomb KW - Nagasaki KW - Catholic KW - dangerous memory KW - theology KW - memory KW - trauma KW - persecution KW - oral history KW - narrative KW - Japan KW - history KW - Literature KW - Religious Studies KW - History N2 - On 9 August 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. Of the dead, approximately 8500 were Catholic, representing sixty to seventy-five percent of their own community and over ten percent of the total. This thesis analyses the memories and narratives of surviving members of the Catholic community in Nagasaki through the lens of Johann Metz’s theology of ‘dangerous memory’. For the Catholic survivors, memories of the bombing destruction are linked to community narratives about religious persecution and marginalisation in earlier times. The survivors speak about ongoing tests of faith, but also their own resilience and survival. ER -