Silence Terms

Apostasy is the act of renouncing Christianity, regarded by the Catholic Church as the ultimate, unpardonable sin. Within the novel, apostasy is always committed by stepping one’s foot onto Christ’s image on a fumie. read analysis of Apostasy

A fumie is metal engraving of Jesus Christ’s face fixed onto a plank of wood. The Japanese government makes its own fumies specifically so its citizens and prisoners can step on it to declare their… read analysis of Fumie