{"product_id":"engaged-buddhism-in-japan-volume-jonathan-s-watts-9781896559926","title":"Engaged Buddhism in Japan, volume 2: A New Socially Engaged Buddhism in 21st Century Japan, From Intimate Care to Social Ethics","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese volumes are the culmination of sixteen years of research and engagement in the growing Socially Engaged Buddhist movement in Japan by the International Buddhist Exchange Center (IBEC) @ Kodosan in Yokohama, Japan. They follow its two publications dedicated to the Northeast Japan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etsunami and nuclear disaster in \u003cem\u003eThis Precious Life: Buddhist Tsunami Relief and Anti-Nuclear Activism in Post 3\/11 Japan\u003c\/em\u003e (2012) \u0026amp; \u003cem\u003eLotus in the Nuclear Sea: Fukushima and the Promise of Buddhism in the Nuclear Age\u003c\/em\u003e (2013).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolume II presents the new Socially Engaged Buddhist activities of 21st century Japan, a dynamic movement arising out of the social crisis of Japan's \"disconnected society\" (\u003cem\u003emu-en shakai\u003c\/em\u003e). It focuses on five sub-movements in end-of-life care, suicide prevention, disaster relief and Buddhist chaplaincy, poverty and homelessness, and anti-nuclear activism and holistic development. An Afterword ponders the possibility of a new movement for gender justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolume I provides an essential presentation of historical themes and a comprehensive survey of Socially Engaged Buddhism in the modern era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan S. Watts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1896559921\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781896559926\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sumeru Press Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/28\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 364\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.81d","brand":"Jonathan S. Watts","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45478419267839,"sku":"9781896559926","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4ea3253e-c0eb-4779-9df6-ae1fa951e65f.jpg?v=1715935111","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/engaged-buddhism-in-japan-volume-jonathan-s-watts-9781896559926","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}