Karma and punishment: prison chaplaincy in Japan

"This groundbreaking study of prison religion in East Asia introduces a form of chaplaincy rooted in the Buddhist concept of doctrinal admonition rather than Euro-American notions of spiritual care. Based on archival research, fieldwork inside prisons, and interviews with chaplains, it reveals...

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Main Author: Lyons, Adam (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge (Massachusetts) London Harvard University Asia Center [2021]
In: Harvard East Asian monographs (443)
Year: 2021
Online Access: Table of Contents
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Keywords:
Dharma (Buddhism) > Interpretation and construction
Religious work with prisoners > Japan
Justice > Religious aspects > Buddhism
Prison chaplains > Buddhism
Karma
Capital Punishment > Japan
Dharma (Buddhism)
Religious work with prisoners > Buddhism
Japan > Gefängnisseelsorge > Buddhismus > Karma > Gerechtigkeit
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Summary:"This groundbreaking study of prison religion in East Asia introduces a form of chaplaincy rooted in the Buddhist concept of doctrinal admonition rather than Euro-American notions of spiritual care. Based on archival research, fieldwork inside prisons, and interviews with chaplains, it reveals another dimension of Buddhist modernism that developed as Japan's religious organizations carved out a niche as defenders of society by fighting crime. The case of prison chaplaincy shows that despite constitutional commitments to freedom of religion and separation of religion from state, statism remains an enduring feature of mainstream Japanese religious life in the contemporary era"--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:xxiv, 371 Seiten, Illustrationen, Karten, Diagramme
ISBN:9780674260153