Spiritual Ends : Religion and the Heart of Dying in Japan

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Benedict, Timothy O., author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley, CA : : University of California Press [2022]
Edition:1st ed
Series:New Interventions in Japanese Studies
Subjects:
Religion & beliefs
religion; dying; Japan
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009700838706719
Table of Contents:
  • 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

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