Title The role of American Christian and Japanese Buddhist clergy in suicide prevention : a comparison of different religious and cultural approaches to counseling / Tatsushi Hirono ; with a foreword by Joel Blau.

Publication Info.	Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, [2012]
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Description	1 online resource (234 pages)
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Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Chapter 1. The role of the clergy -- Chapter 2. Using 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 research -- Bibliography -- Index.
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.
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Subject	Suicide -- United States -- Prevention.
	Suicide.
	United States.
	Suicide -- Japan -- Prevention.
	Japan.
	Pastoral counseling -- United States.
	Pastoral counseling.
	Pastoral counseling -- Japan.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Hirono, Tatsushi. Role of American Christian and Japanese Buddhist Clergy in Suicide Prevention : A Comparison of Different Religious and Cultural Approaches to Counseling. Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2011 9780773426030
ISBN	9780773421257 (electronic book)
	0773421254 (electronic book)
	9780773426030
	0773426035

Title The role of American Christian and Japanese Buddhist clergy in suicide prevention : a comparison of different religious and cultural approaches to counseling / Tatsushi Hirono ; with a foreword by Joel Blau.

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