Spiritual Ends : : Religion and the Heart of Dying in Japan / / / Timothy O. Benedict.
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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Place / Publishing House: | Berkeley, CA : : : University of California Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Language: | English |
Series: | New Interventions in Japanese Studies
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Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (209 p.) |
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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