{"product_id":"spiritual-ends-timothy-o-benedict-9780520388666","title":"Spiritual Ends: Religion and the Heart of Dying in Japan Volume 4","description":"A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What role does religion play at the end of life in Japan? \u003ci\u003eSpiritual Ends\u003c\/i\u003e 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 hospice caregivers in Japan are appropriating and reinterpreting global ideas about spirituality and the practice of spiritual care. 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 \u003ci\u003ekokoro\u003c\/i\u003e (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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Timothy O. Benedict\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520388666\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520388666\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/20\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d","brand":"Timothy O. Benedict","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056236654847,"sku":"9780520388666","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7300e39d-3d9b-451e-bbff-0e61af111aa5.jpg?v=1685040247","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/spiritual-ends-timothy-o-benedict-9780520388666","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}