Spiritual Ends Religion and the Heart of Dying in Japan
What role does religion play at the end of life in Japan? Spiritual Ends draws on ethnographic fieldwork and interviews with hospice patients, chaplains, and medical workers to provide an intimate portrayal of how spiritual care is provided to the dying in Japan. Timothy O. Benedict uses both local...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley, CA : :
University of California Press
[2022]
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | New Interventions in Japanese Studies
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009700838706719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- 1 Soul Searching in the Japanese Hospice
- 2 The Rhythms of Hospice Care
- 3 The Heart of Practicing Spiritual Care
- 4 The Meaning of Spiritual Pain
- 5 The Invention of Japanese Spirituality
- 6 Making Healthy Religion
- 7 Last Thoughts
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
