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Karma and Punishment : Prison Chaplaincy in Japan
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Title
Karma and Punishment : Prison Chaplaincy in Japan / Adam J. Lyons.
ISBN
9781684176335
9780674260153
Publication
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, [2021]
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2023
Copyright Notice Date
©[2021]
Physical Description
1 online resource (400 pages): illustrations (some color), maps
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Access is available to the Yale community.
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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"-- Provided by publisher.
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Project Muse books annual backfile collection 2023.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 17, 2024
Series
Harvard East Asian monographs 443
Contents
Introduction
1. Defend the Dharma, Admonish the Heretics
2. The Way of Repentance and the Great Promulgation Campaign
3. The Ideal of Harmony between Dharma and Law
4. Thought Crimes and the Opium of the Masses
5. War Crimes and the Discovery of Peace
6. The Spirit of Public Service and the Social Role for Religions
7. The Dilemmas of Bad Karma
Conclusion: At the Altar of Doctrinal Admonition
Appendix A: Tenrikyō Group Chaplaincy Session Field Notes
Appendix B: Interview with Hirano Shunkō, Death Row Chaplain at Tokyo Jail
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