The Rise of the New Spirituality

Shimazono, Susumu; Graf, Tim

doi:10.1163/9789004234369_020

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“…For an overview of the "spiritual boom" in Japan, see Shimazono and Graf (2012); Sakurai (2009). For questions on whether this "boom" may be exaggerated, see Reader (2012 and2013).…”

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Practicing Spiritual Care in the Japanese Hospice

Benedict¹

2018

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This article introduces how spiritual care is practiced in Japanese hospices to fit the needs of nonreligious patients. It suggests that Japanese chaplains often go beyond helping patients vocalize spiritual pain and addressing anxieties through counseling, religious support, or being a sympathetic presence. Rather, much of spiritual care is also conducted in the margins of daily care, and through special group events or even prosaic activities-an approach that elicits less resistance by Japanese patients. This article will also discuss how examining the practice of spiritual care helps to problematize terms like "secular" or "post-secular" in Japanese society and point out the ways in which spiritual care is being marshaled by contemporary religious groups, chaplains, the media, and religious studies scholars to help valorize the role religion can play in Japanese society by emphasizing its psychotherapeutic contributions.keywords: spiritual care-chaplaincy-hospice-Vihāra-secularism Japanese Journal of Religious

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“…For an overview of the "spiritual boom" in Japan, see Shimazono and Graf (2012); Sakurai (2009). For questions on whether this "boom" may be exaggerated, see Reader (2012 and2013).…”

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confidence: 99%

Practicing Spiritual Care in the Japanese Hospice

Benedict¹

2018

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From a ‘good death’ to a ‘calm heart’: Buddhist retailing meets self-care in contemporary Japan

Gould¹

2023

Journal of Contemporary Religion

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What Have Religious Groups Done After 3.11? Part 2: From Religious Mobilization to “Spiritual Care”

McLaughlin

2013

Religion Compass

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Buddhist, Christian, Shinto, and other religious responses to devastation in the wake of the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disasters in northeast Japan have included a great deal more than providing material aid and seeing to the ritual needs of the dead and the bereaved. This article considers ways in which burgeoning collaborations of religious professionals, clinical care workers, and academics are crafting a public persona of religion as “spiritual care,” a new formulation designed to meet the needs of a Japanese public that welcomes therapeutic interventions for disaster victims yet remains leery of religion. While the move from the religious to the spiritual presents novel opportunities to rehabilitate Japanese religion's public image, it appears as if some post‐disaster religious initiatives challenge definitions of what “religion” may include. These initiatives also pose open questions about how Japanese religious institutions and practices may change as they adapt to the priorities of a public in need of help but ill‐disposed toward religion.

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The Rise of the New Spirituality

Cited by 7 publications

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Practicing Spiritual Care in the Japanese Hospice

Practicing Spiritual Care in the Japanese Hospice

From a ‘good death’ to a ‘calm heart’: Buddhist retailing meets self-care in contemporary Japan

What Have Religious Groups Done After 3.11? Part 2: From Religious Mobilization to “Spiritual Care”

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