From a ‘good death’ to a ‘calm heart’: Buddhist retailing meets self-care in contemporary Japan
This article explores how vendors of Buddhist goods, which are traditionally associated with death and funerary rites in Japan, have responded to religious decline by venturing into alternative spirituality, wellness, and home décor markets. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork within Buddhist goods st...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Carfax Publ.
2023
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Journal of contemporary religion
Year: 2023, Volume: 38, Issue: 2, Pages: 203-224 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Japan
/ Buddhism
/ Commercial exploitation
/ Spirituality
/ Individualism
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion BL Buddhism KBM Asia TK Recent history |
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Material Religion
B Japan B spiritual marketplace B affective retail B Buddhist economics B Capitalism |
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