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Author Benedict, Timothy O., 1984- author.

Title Spiritual ends : religion and the heart of dying in Japan / Timothy O. Benedict.

Publication Info. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2023]
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Description 1 online resource (xii, 190 pages) : illustrations (some color).
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Series New interventions in Japanese studies ; 4
New interventions in Japanese studies ; 4.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-184) and index.
Contents Soul searching in the Japanese hospice -- The rhythms of hospice care -- The heart of practicing spiritual care -- The meaning of spiritual pain -- The invention of Japanese spirituality -- Making healthy religion -- Last thoughts.
Summary "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 and cross-cultural perspectives to show how global conversations on concepts like spirituality and the practice of spiritual care are being appropriated and reinterpreted in Japanese contexts. Benedict relates these findings to a longer story of how Japanese religious groups have pursued vocational roles in medical institutions as a means to demonstrate a so-called 'healthy' role in society. By paying attention to how care for the kokoro (heart or mind) is key to the practice of spiritual care, this book enriches conventional understandings of religious identity in Japan, while offering a valuable East Asian perspective to global conversations on the ways religion, spirituality, and medicine intersect at death"--Publisher's website
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Language In English.
Access Open Access EbpS
Subject Spirituality -- Japan -- 21st century.
Death -- Psychological aspects.
Hospice care -- Religious aspects.
Spiritualité -- Japon -- 21e siècle.
Mort -- Aspect psychologique.
Soins en phase terminale -- Aspect religieux.
RELIGION -- History.
Death -- Psychological aspects
Hospice care -- Religious aspects
Spirituality
Japan
Chronological Term 2000-2099
Other Form: Print version: Benedict, Timothy O., 1984- Spiritual ends. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2023] 9780520388666 (DLC) 2022017121
ISBN 0520388674
9780520388673 (electronic bk.)
9780520388666 (paperback)
0520388666
Standard No. AU@ 000072517789
AU@ 000073000562
AU@ 000073154075

 
    
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