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1 online resource (321 pages) |
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Routledge Contemporary Japan Series |
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Routledge contemporary Japan series.
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Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Note on Japanese names; Introduction; 1 Religion and psychotherapy in modern Japan: a four-phaseview; 2 Psychiatry and religion in modern Japan: traditional templeand shrine therapies; 3 The birth of Japanese mind cure methods; 4 The mind and healing in Morita therapy; 5 The dawning of Japanese psychoanalysis: Kosawa Heisaku'stherapy and faith; 6 Doi Takeo and the development of the 'Amae' theory; 7 From salvation to healing: Yoshimoto Naikan therapy andits religious origins; 8 Naikan and mourning: a Catholic attempt at Naikanmeditation9 Kawai Hayao's transnational identity and Japanese spirit; 10 The contemporary view of reincarnation in Japan:narratives of the reincarnating self; 11 A society accepting of spirit possession: mental health andshamanism in Okinawa; 12 Chaplaincy work in disaster areas; Conclusion; Index |
Summary |
Since the late nineteenth century, religious ideas and practices in Japan have become increasingly intertwined with those associated with mental health and healing. This relationship developed against the backdrop of a far broader, and deeply consequential meeting: between Japan's long-standing, Chinese-influenced intellectual and institutional forms, and the politics, science, philosophy, and religion of the post-Enlightenment West. In striving to craft a modern society and culture that could exist on terms with - rather than be subsumed by - western power and influence, Japan became home to a religion--psy dialogue informed by pressing political priorities and rapidly shifting cultural concerns |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
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Psychotherapy -- Japan.
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Psychotherapy -- Religious aspects.
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Psychology and religion -- Japan
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Psychotherapy.
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Psychotherapy
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
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Psychology and religion
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Psychotherapy
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Psychotherapy -- Religious aspects
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SUBJECT |
Japan |
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Japan
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Harding, Christopher.
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Fumiaki, Iwata
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Shin'ichi, Yoshinaga
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ISBN |
9781317683001 |
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1317683005 |
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9781315773964 |
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1315773961 |
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