Religion and Psychotherapy in Modern Japan
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Downloaded by [New York University] at 02:00 07 August 2016 This is an outstanding book . the first high-quality academic work on religion and the psy disciplines in modern Japan. It covers the topics of modern religion and psychotherapy in Japan and connects them with the recent major crises of Aum Shinrikyo and the earthquake and tsunami of March 2011. Akihito Suzuki, Professor of History at Keio University, Japan Chris Harding and his fellow editors have brought together a significant set of essays examining the relationship between the ‘psy disciplines’ of psychiatry, psychology, and psychotherapy, and religion in Japan. Hard- ing’s overview takes us beyond the problematic definitional issues relating to religion to show how the ‘psy disciplines’ have helped shape the ways in which religion is manifested in modern Japan. The essays that follow intro- duce a wealth of Japanese scholarship in the field that will be of value to all who are interested in religion, psychotherapy, and Japanese culture in general. Ian Reader, Professor of Religious Studies at Lancaster University, UK A novel take on the role of religion in Japan, and another significant con- tribution to understanding religion in modern Japanese society. Instead of the usual image of Buddhist meditation as zazen, we find fascinating studies of various kinds of mental and psychological care, from naikan meditation to Morita therapy. These chapters show how modern psychotherapy and traditional religion are both utilized (though not always harmoniously) for dealing with ‘spiritual’ issues. This collection presents work by many of the best religious studies scholars in Japan today. Downloaded by [New York University] at 02:00 07 August 2016 Paul L. Swanson, Editor, Japanese Journal of Religious Studies Downloaded by [New York University] at 02:00 07 August 2016 Religion and Psychotherapy in Modern Japan 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 reli- gion 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. This book provides a historically contextualized introduction to the dialogue between religion and psychotherapy in modern Japan. In doing so, it draws out connections between developments in medicine, government policy, Japanese reli- gion and spirituality, social and cultural criticism, regional dynamics, and gender relations. The chapters all focus on the meeting and intermingling of religious with psychotherapeutic ideas and draw on a wide range of case studies including: how temple and shrine ‘cures’ of early modern Japan fared in the light of German neuropsychiatry; how Japanese Buddhist theories of mind, body, and self- cultivation negotiated with the findings of western medicine; how Buddhists, Chris- tians, and other organizations and groups drew and redrew the lines between religious praxis and psychological healing; how major European therapies such as Freud’s fed into self- consciously Japanese analyses of and treatments for the ills of the age; and how distress, suffering, and individuality came to be reinterpreted across the twentieth and early twenty- first centuries, from the southern islands of Okinawa to the devastated northern neighbourhoods of the Tohoku region after the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disasters of March 2011. Religion and Psychotherapy in Modern Japan will be welcomed by students and Downloaded by [New York University] at 02:00 07 August 2016 scholars working across a broad range of subjects, including Japanese culture and society, religious studies, psychology and psychotherapy, mental health, and inter- national history. Christopher Harding is Lecturer in Asian History in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, UK. Iwata Fumiaki is Professor in the Department of Social Science Education, Osaka Kyoiku University, Japan. Yoshinaga Shin’ichi is Associate Professor at the Maizuru National College of Technology, Japan. 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