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Karma and punishment : prison chaplaincy in Japan
- Title
- Karma and punishment : prison chaplaincy in Japan / Adam J. Lyons.
- Author
- Lyons, Adam J.,
- Publication
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, [2021]
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- Description
- xxiv, 371 pages : illustrations (some color), maps; 24 cm.
- 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"--
- Series Statement
- Harvard East Asian monographs ; 443
- Uniform Title
- Harvard East Asian monographs ; 443.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
- Call Number
- JFE 21-8006
- ISBN
- 9780674260153
- 0674260155
- LCCN
- 2021010250
- 40030665977
- OCLC
- 1240774214
- Author
- Lyons, Adam J., author.
- Title
- Karma and punishment : prison chaplaincy in Japan / Adam J. Lyons.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, [2021]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Harvard East Asian monographs ; 443Harvard East Asian monographs ; 443.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Lyons, Adam J. Karma and punishment Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, 2021 9781684176335 (DLC) 2021010251
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40030665977
- Research Call Number
- JFE 21-8006