Sutra and Bible: Faith and the Japanese American World War II Incarceration

A visual history of the role that religious teachings, practices and communities played in the WWII Japanese American experience, with essays by leading scholars

Accompanying the Japanese American National Museum's 2022 eponymous exhibition, Sutra and Bible: Faith and the Japanese American World War II Incarceration explores the role that religious teachings, practices and communities played while Japanese Americans were incarcerated during World War II. From the confines of concentration camps and locales under martial law to the battlegrounds of Europe, Japanese Americans drew on their faith to survive forced removal, indefinite incarceration, unjust deportation, family separation, military service and resettlement at a time when their race and religion were seen as threats to national security. Coedited by Emily Anderson and Duncan Ryuken Williams, Sutra and Bible weaves visual storytelling with auxiliary essays from 32 prominent voices across academic, arts and social justice communities.
Contributors include: Michihiro Ama, Brooks Andrews, Anne M. Blankenship, Joanne Doi MM, Laura (Kitaji) Dominguez-Yon, Timothy Wagner, Kristen Hayashi, Jay Hirabayashi, Naomi Hirahara, Mitch Honma, Satsuki Ina, Jane Naomi Iwamura, Mas Kodani, Mark Nakagawa, Wendy Egyoku Nakao, Elizabeth Nishiura, Togo Nishiura, Nancy Kyoko Oda, Gene Oishi, Gail Okawa, Dakota Russell, Bacon Sakatani, Candice Shibata, Brandon Shimoda, George Tanabe, Todd Tsuchiya, Nancy Ukai, Jonathan van Harmelen, Karen Tei Yamashita and Mikoto Yoshida.

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Sutra and Bible: Faith and the Japanese American World War II Incarceration

A visual history of the role that religious teachings, practices and communities played in the WWII Japanese American experience, with essays by leading scholars

Accompanying the Japanese American National Museum's 2022 eponymous exhibition, Sutra and Bible: Faith and the Japanese American World War II Incarceration explores the role that religious teachings, practices and communities played while Japanese Americans were incarcerated during World War II. From the confines of concentration camps and locales under martial law to the battlegrounds of Europe, Japanese Americans drew on their faith to survive forced removal, indefinite incarceration, unjust deportation, family separation, military service and resettlement at a time when their race and religion were seen as threats to national security. Coedited by Emily Anderson and Duncan Ryuken Williams, Sutra and Bible weaves visual storytelling with auxiliary essays from 32 prominent voices across academic, arts and social justice communities.
Contributors include: Michihiro Ama, Brooks Andrews, Anne M. Blankenship, Joanne Doi MM, Laura (Kitaji) Dominguez-Yon, Timothy Wagner, Kristen Hayashi, Jay Hirabayashi, Naomi Hirahara, Mitch Honma, Satsuki Ina, Jane Naomi Iwamura, Mas Kodani, Mark Nakagawa, Wendy Egyoku Nakao, Elizabeth Nishiura, Togo Nishiura, Nancy Kyoko Oda, Gene Oishi, Gail Okawa, Dakota Russell, Bacon Sakatani, Candice Shibata, Brandon Shimoda, George Tanabe, Todd Tsuchiya, Nancy Ukai, Jonathan van Harmelen, Karen Tei Yamashita and Mikoto Yoshida.

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A visual history of the role that religious teachings, practices and communities played in the WWII Japanese American experience, with essays by leading scholars

Accompanying the Japanese American National Museum's 2022 eponymous exhibition, Sutra and Bible: Faith and the Japanese American World War II Incarceration explores the role that religious teachings, practices and communities played while Japanese Americans were incarcerated during World War II. From the confines of concentration camps and locales under martial law to the battlegrounds of Europe, Japanese Americans drew on their faith to survive forced removal, indefinite incarceration, unjust deportation, family separation, military service and resettlement at a time when their race and religion were seen as threats to national security. Coedited by Emily Anderson and Duncan Ryuken Williams, Sutra and Bible weaves visual storytelling with auxiliary essays from 32 prominent voices across academic, arts and social justice communities.
Contributors include: Michihiro Ama, Brooks Andrews, Anne M. Blankenship, Joanne Doi MM, Laura (Kitaji) Dominguez-Yon, Timothy Wagner, Kristen Hayashi, Jay Hirabayashi, Naomi Hirahara, Mitch Honma, Satsuki Ina, Jane Naomi Iwamura, Mas Kodani, Mark Nakagawa, Wendy Egyoku Nakao, Elizabeth Nishiura, Togo Nishiura, Nancy Kyoko Oda, Gene Oishi, Gail Okawa, Dakota Russell, Bacon Sakatani, Candice Shibata, Brandon Shimoda, George Tanabe, Todd Tsuchiya, Nancy Ukai, Jonathan van Harmelen, Karen Tei Yamashita and Mikoto Yoshida.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781885030795
Publisher: Kaya Press/Ito Center Editions
Publication date: 05/24/2022
Pages: 144
Product dimensions: 7.90(w) x 10.40(h) x 0.60(d)

Table of Contents

Prologue: Relocating Religion 12

The First Dislocation: Finding Refuge in a New Land

1 The Second Dislocation 16

Internment of Community Religious Leaders

Public Sentiment Turns against Japanese Americans

Gathering Before Exile

Sanctuaries for Family Treasures

The Chest Timothy Wagner

Spiritual Responses to the Impending Dislocation

The Sunday Before: Japanese American Christians Prepare for Exile

Righteous Rage Naomi Hirahara

Buddhists Answer the Call

A Principled Stance against Injustice

Gordon K. Hirabayashi and the Sustaining Influence of Faith Jay Hirabayashi

Dislocation as Practice

The Empty Hands Brandon Shimdda

2 Resilience 36

Sacred Space for Religious Gatherings

An Exile with No Clear Ending

Marking Sacred Time: Summer/Fall/Winter/Spring

Sustaining Religious Life

Crafting Ritual Implements

Butsudan: Recreating Home and Family Practice in the Barracks Jane Naomi Iwamura

The Figure of Compassion

Remembering the Unknown George Tanabe

Anchoring Faith

Remembering My Grandfather: Inklings and Revelations Gail Y. Okawa

Constructing the Cosmos

The Aso Obutsudan: A Heart Mountain Buddhist Altar Elizabeth and Togo Nishiura

Guard Towers in the Pure Land

Devotion and Resilience through the Shibata Family Obutsudan Rev. Candice Shibata

Flexibility and Strength: Shinto and the Martial Arts

The Tule Lake Kamidana Nancy Kyoko Oda

Each Stitch a Prayer

3 Sutra and Bible 70

The Mystery of the Buried Sutra

Unearthing the Heart Mountain Sutra Stones

Recollecting the Scattered Stones

Wyoming Regards a Sutra Dakota Russell

The Word Carries On: Bibles in Camp

The Kitaji Bibles: The Gospel in Two Languages

The Man Behind the Bibles Laura (Kitaji) Dominguez-Yon

Saving the Kitaji Bibles

Not for Sale Nancy Ukai

4 Remembrance 98

Irei: Remembering the Spirits of the Dead

Honoring the War Dead

The Amache Memorial

Remembering Strength and Resilience Mitch Homma

Memorial Tablets for Nisei Soldiers

The Heartbeat of a Soldier-Ancestor Wendy Egyoku Nakao

Chaplains and the 100th/442nd Regimental Combat Team

Dog Tags and Religious Affiliation

Sutra Lost in Dog Tags Gene Oishi

Faith Etched in Steel Mikoto Yoshida

5 Solidarity 118

Pre-Incarceration Support for Japanese Americans

Ronald Lane Latimer and Azalia Emma Peet

The Work of Solidarity: Convert Buddhist Priests

Sunya Pratt and Julius Goldwater Michihiro Ama

The Work of Solidarity: Catholic and Mainline Protestant Clergy

Father Hugh Lavery Jonathan Van Harmelen

The Blue Box brooks Andrews

Quaker Support for Japanese Americans

American Friends Service Committee: Solidarity in Action Anne M. Blankenship

We Were So Alone, Except for the Quakers Karen Tei Yamashita

Religious Cooperation in Midwest Resettlement

Interfaith Belonging for a Displaced Community Todd Tsuchiya

Returning to Pacific Coast Racism: Religious Hostels as Temporary Shelters

Sanctuary: A Room at the Hostel Kristen Hayashi

Guardian Angels in the Midst of Incarceration Rev. Mark M. Nakagawa

Senshin Buddhist Church Hostel Rev. Masao Kodani

6 Reparation 138

Pilgrimage as Spiritual Repair

The Cross Joanne Doi MM

The Movement for Redress and Reparations

Repairing the Racial Karma of a Nation

Bunyu Fujimura and Kyoshiro Tokunaga

Interlinked Histories and the Ongoing Work of Repair

Solidarity as Spiritual Practice Satsuki Ina

"Stop Repeating History!" Ron Kobata

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