I will see "Silence' next week/ I just finished John Keane 's just published book on'"Cultural and Theological Reflections on the Japanese Quest for Divinity". The last chapter is on Endo's book Silence.  John, a Graymore Friar, has a long experience with  ecumenism and missionary work in Japan. His book gave me knowledge of the unique Japanese understanding of the Divine  As the Endo book asks us , Where is this almighty power of the Western God ?