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The Role of American Christian and Japanese Buddhist Clergy in Suicide Prevention [electronic resource] : A Comparison of Different Religious and Cultural Approaches to Counseling
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hirono, Tatsushi.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Leadership--Religious aspects.
- Pastoral counseling--Japan.
- Pastoral counseling--United States.
- Suicide--Japan--Prevention.
- Suicide--United States--Prevention.
- Suicide.
- Suicide--Prevention--Japan.
- Pastoral counseling.
- Local Subjects:
- Leadership--Religious aspects.
- Pastoral counseling--Japan.
- Pastoral counseling--United States.
- Suicide--Japan--Prevention.
- Suicide--United States--Prevention.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (234 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Role of American Christian and Japanese Buddhist Clergy in Suicide Prevention
- Place of Publication:
- Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The purpose of this study is to examine American and Japanese clergy's perception of their role in the prevention of suicide. The research questions are: (1) How do clergy in the US and Japan perceive suicide?; (2) Do they see suicide differently?; and (3) How do they envision the role of suicide prevention? The hypotheses are: (A) Christian clergy think that suicide is an unacceptable "sin;" (B) Buddhist clergy are more accepting of suicide than Christian clergy; and (C) There are role differences related to suicide prevention in the Japanese and American religious communities; and (D) Americ
- Contents:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: The Role of the Clergy; Chapter 2: Uning Both Quantitative and Qualitative Methods; Chapter 3: Clergy's Views on Prevention, Obligation, Sin, Counseling, and Resources: Results of the Quantitative Analysis; Chapter 4: Analyzing ""Why"" and ""Where"" Cultural/Religious Differences Came From: Results of the Qualitative Questions; Chapter 5: Discussion by Analyzing Close-ended Questions; Chapter 6: Discusssion by Analyzing Open-ended Questions
- Chapter 7: Conclusion - Policy Implications and Limitation of this ResearchBibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-7734-2125-4
- OCLC:
- 794328920
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