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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Main Author: Starling, Jessica (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2023
In: Journal of religious ethics
Year: 2023, Volume: 51, Issue: 4, Pages: 720-736
Further subjects:B Pure Land
B Japanese Buddhism
B Compassion
B Emotions
B Hansen's disease
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