Beyond the Mushroom Cloud: Commemoration, Religion, and Responsibility after Hiroshima

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BORDERING RELIGIONS: CONCEPTS, CONFLICTS, AND CONVERSATIONS kathryn kueny, karen pechilis, and james t. robinson, series editors BEYOND THE MUSHROOM CLOUD Commemoration, Religion, and Responsibility After Hiroshima y u k i m i y a m o t o Fordham University Press new york 2012 Copyright 䉷 2012 Fordham University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other—except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Fordham University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party Internet websites referred to in this publication and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Fordham University Press also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Miyamoto, Yuki. Beyond the mushroom cloud : commemoration, religion, and responsibility after Hiroshima / Yuki Miyamoto.—1st ed. p. cm.— (Bordering religions) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 978-0-8232-4050-0 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-8232-4051-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Hiroshima-shi (Japan)—History—Bombardment, 1945—Moral and ethical aspects. 2. Atomic bomb victims—Religious life—Japan—Hiroshima-shi. 3. Collective memory—Japan—Hiroshima-shi. 4. Memorials—Japan— Hiroshima-shi. 5. Responsibility—Social aspects—Japan—Hiroshima-shi. 6. Peace movements—Japan—Hiroshima-shi. 7. Hiroshima-shi (Japan)— Religious life and customs. 8. Collective memory—Case studies. 9. Responsibility—Social aspects—Case studies. 10. Nuclear warfare—Moral and ethical aspects. I. Title. D767.25.H6M57 2012 940.54⬘2521954—dc23 2011038986 Printed in the United States of America 14 13 12 5 4 3 2 1 First edition For Motoko Miyamoto (–) and Mitsuaki Miyamoto ...