Feeling Companionship: Hansen's Disease and Moral Authority in Japanese Shin Buddhism
This article draws on ethnographic fieldwork among Japanese Shin Buddhists who have an enduring commitment to volunteering with Hansen's disease patients in Japan and its former colonies. I trace the negotiation of emotions in this Jōdo Shinshū ethical context, identifying the Buddhist, Japanes...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2023
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Journal of religious ethics
Jahr: 2023, Band: 51, Heft: 4, Seiten: 720-736 |
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Pure Land
B Japanese Buddhism B Compassion B Emotions B Hansen's disease |
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| Zusammenfassung: | This article draws on ethnographic fieldwork among Japanese Shin Buddhists who have an enduring commitment to volunteering with Hansen's disease patients in Japan and its former colonies. I trace the negotiation of emotions in this Jōdo Shinshū ethical context, identifying the Buddhist, Japanese, and global liberal vocabularies that ascribe moral value to various emotional responses to suffering and injustice. I argue that for these Buddhists, companionship rather than compassion serves as both an ethical ideal and a focal point of emotional practice. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9795 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Journal of religious ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/jore.12455 |