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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 another...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lyons, Adam J. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, [2021].
Series:Harvard East Asian monographs ; 443.
Subjects:
Religious work with prisoners > Japan.
Justice > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
Prison chaplains > Buddhism.
Karma.
Dharma (Buddhism) > Interpretation and construction.
Capital punishment > Japan.

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