Research keywords (3):
Medical Anthropology
, Death and Dying
, Religious Studies
Research theme for competitive and other funds (3):
2021 - 2024 スピリチュアルケア実践能力向上に向けた看護卒後教育プログラムの開発と評価
2018 - 2019 A Study of Spiritual Care in Contemporary Japan and its Role in Society
2014 - 2015 Death and Spirituality in Japanese Hospice Care
Papers (4):
Timothy Benedict. Self-Perceived Burden and Spiritual Care in the Japanese Hospice. Journal of Spiritual Care Studies. 2019. 3. 43-53
Timothy O. Benedict. Practicing Spiritual Care in the Japanese Hospice. Japanese Journal of Religious Studies. 2018. 45. 1. 175-199
Timothy O. Benedict. Heart Care in Japan: Before and After the 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. いのちの未来. 2016. 1. 147-169
Timothy O. Benedict. Inroads or Crossroads? The Soka Gakkai's Pacifist Endeavours in Japanese Foreign Policy. Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies. 2011
MISC (3):
Timothy O. Benedict. Digital Social Reading and Annotation in the Japanese University Classroom: A Case Study Using Perusall. 関西学院大学高等教育促進センター. 2022. 12. 67-77
Timothy O. Benedict. Bonds of the Dead: Temples, Burial, and the Transformation of Contemporary Japanese Buddhism by Mark Michael Rowe. Journal of Buddhist Ethics. 2012. 19. 626-631
Books (3):
Spiritual Ends : Religion and the Heart of Dying in Japan
University of California Press 2023 ISBN:9780520388666
The Routledge History of Death since 1800 (ed. Peter N. Stearns)
Routledge 2021 ISBN:9780367137168
Mushin no kea (eds. Sakai Yuen, Nishihira Tadashi)
2020
Lectures and oral presentations (15):
Vaccinating the Heart: Therapeutic Religion in Japan Before and After Covid-19
(Asian Studies Conference Japan 2022)
Searching for the Heart of Spiritual Care
(2022 Annual Meeting of The Association for Asian Studies 2022)
Participant Observation and "Mushin Care"
("Mushin and Care" Research Group 2019)
日本社会におけるスピリチュアルケアの位置
(Workshop on Religion and Social Engagement in Japan 2019)
The Merit of the Bath: Buddhist Charity in Early Medieval Japan
(Original Thoughts: A Conference in Honor of Jacqueline I. Stone 2019)
- 2018 Princeton University Department of Religion Asian Religions
- 2008 Harvard University Regional Studies: East Asia
Professional career (1):
博士(宗教学) (プリンストン大学)
Work history (3):
2023/04 - 現在 Kwansei Gakuin University School of Sociology Associate Professor
2019/04 - 2023/03 Kwansei Gakuin University School of Sociology Assistant Professor
2018/09 - 2019/03 Kyoto University Graduate School of Education Special researcher of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Association Membership(s) (5):
Japanese Association for Religious Studies
, Japan Society of Spiritual Care
, Society for the Study of Japanese Religions
, Association for Asian Studies
, American Academy of Religion