Karma and Punishment: Prison Chaplaincy in Japan

by Adam J. Lyons

Despite being one of the most avowedly secular nations in the world, Japan may have more prison chaplains per inmate than any other country, the majority of whom are Buddhist priests. In this groundbreaking study of prison religion in East Asia, Adam Lyons introduces a form of chaplaincy rooted in the Buddhist concept of doctrinal admonition rather than Euro-American notions of spiritual care.

Based on archival research, fieldwork inside...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674260155
• ISBN13: 9780674260153
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 400 Pages