Hansai, or the Cleansing Fire.

How the Center of Japan’s Christian Community Became the Unintended Target for America’s Second Atomic Strike. Eighty-one years ago today, the course of military history and the geography of faith collided in a flash of light brighter than a thousand suns. When the second atomic bomb detonated over Japan at 11:02 a.m. on August 9, Continue reading Hansai, or the Cleansing Fire.