Spiritual ends religion and the heart of dying in Japan Benedict, Timothy O. 1984- creator author. JSTOR (Organization) text bibliography Electronic books. cau 2023 2023 monographic eng remote 1 online resource "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 and cross-cultural perspectives to show how global conversations on concepts like spirituality and the practice of spiritual care are being appropriated and reinterpreted in Japanese contexts. Benedict relates these findings to a longer story of how Japanese religious groups have pursued vocational roles in medical institutions as a means to demonstrate a so-called 'healthy' role in society. By paying attention to how care for the kokoro (heart or mind) is key to the practice of spiritual care, this book enriches conventional understandings of religious identity in Japan, while offering a valuable East Asian perspective to global conversations on the ways religion, spirituality, and medicine intersect at death"--Publisher's website. Soul searching in the Japanese hospice -- The rhythms of hospice care -- The heart of practicing spiritual care -- The meaning of spiritual pain -- The invention of Japanese spirituality -- Making healthy religion -- Last thoughts. Timothy O. Benedict. Includes bibliographical references and index. a-ja--- Spirituality Japan 21st century Death Psychological aspects Hospice care Religious aspects Death Psychological aspects Hospice care Religious aspects Spirituality Japan RELIGION / History 2000-2099 fast BL625.9.S53 204/.42 Spiritual ends Benedict, Timothy O., 1984- Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2023] (DLC) 2022017121 New interventions in Japanese studies ; 4 9780520388673 0520388674 9780520388666 2022017122 22573/ctv2zmzh8x JSTOR https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv2zp4st4 DLC 220408 20230103223613.5 in00004636053 eng