A Song for Nagasaki: The Story of Takashi Nagai-Scientist, Convert, and Survivor of the Atomic Bomb
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| Rating | : | 4.14 (686 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 158617343X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 267 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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Paul Glynn. About the AuthorFr
Living in the rubble of the ruined city and suffering from leukemia caused by over-exposure to radiation, Nagai lived out the remainder of his remarkable life by bringing physical and spiritual healing to his war-weary people. Mixed with interesting details about Japanese history and culture, the biography traces Nagai's spiritual quest as he studied medicine at Nagasaki University, served as a medic with the Japanese army during its occupation of Manchuria, and returned to Nagasaki to dedicate himself to the science of radiology. While dying, he also wrote powerful books
Fr. Paul Glynn
The power of compassion and love. This is a wonderful book which allows the reader to share Nagai's love and compassion for his fellow man. An outstanding example of christian self sacrifice in the face of insurmountable odds, and of a total faith and trust in God. I personally know someone who was cured of severe depression over 37 years after reading this book - but of course this would be a rare outcome. It is one of the best books I have ever read.. Elaine D. Johnson said This is a beautiful and most excellent book that shows the redeeming power. This is a beautiful and most excellent book that shows the redeeming power of Christ in the midst of sin, war and hatred. It also shows the real "Catholicity" of the Catholic Faith in the midst of the Orient. The terrible tragedy of the bombing of Nagasaki is transfigured as a holocaust, an expiation, for the sins and hatred of men through the Faith of the Christians of Nagasaki.. "Beautiful, saint" according to Barbara De Minico. Well worth reading, for the history of Japan's entrance into the war, the response of the people of Nagasaki to the a-bomb. Beautiful, saint.