The Wind Rises approaches its events from a more lyrical and abstract standpoint, not only not particularly commenting on
the events in a moral sense, but also not particularly acknowledging their existence on a direct level.
The principal types of petition are for a
sense of God's presence, for spiritual and
moral help, for material goods, for changes
in external
events, for the recovery of health.
Whether formulated by Durkheim (a system of beliefs and practices related to sacred things), by Weber (that which finally makes
events meaningful), or by Tillich (whatever is of ultimate concern) religion
in its «classical»
sense refers not so much to labels on a church building as to the imagery (myth, theology, and so forth) by which people make
sense of their lives — their «
moral architecture,» if you will.6 That human beings differ
in their sensitivity to and success
in this matter of «establishing meaning» there can be no doubt.