Religious Care for Non-Believers by Religious Leaders: Questionnaire data of patients in Tenri Hospital regarding the activities of Tenrikyo Lecturers

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  • Yamamoto Kayoko
    Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Health Care, Tenri Health Care University

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  • 宗教者による非信者への宗教的ケアについて 〜天理よろづ相談所病院事情部講師の活動に関する 患者への質問紙調査より〜
  • シュウキョウシャ ニ ヨル ヒシンジャ エ ノ シュウキョウテキ ケア ニ ツイテ : テンリ ヨロズソウダンショ ビョウイン ジジョウブ コウシ ノ カツドウ ニ カンスル カンジャ エ ノ シツモンシ チョウサ ヨリ

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<p>A questionnaire survey was conducted with patients at Tenri Hospital enquiring about their thoughts on the activities of lecturers in Jijo-bu, a department related to Tenrikyo, with an aim of rethinking about the significance of religious care for non-believers. In December 2018, questionnaires were distributed to 290 patients and responses were received from 224 patients.33 out of 224 respondents were Tenrikyo believers.</p> <p>More than 80% of the respondents accepted the lecturers’ visits, and these lecturers performed dialogues and undertook Osazuke, a religious act to grant the blessing for a cure. Most of the respondents had positive responses about the lecturers. 29 non-believers responded “I realized the support by God/gods.” No one answered “Solicited to Tenrikyo by the lecturers.” 39% of the respondents wanted the lecturers to revisit, 7% of the respondents didn’t want them to revisit, and 40% of the respondents answered “either is fine.” The results revealed that the positive impressions about the lecturers were “passive affirmation.” 34% of the respondents answered that their values and views of life and death were influenced by the lecturers, 30% of the respondents answered that there was no influence, and 18% of the respondents answered “I don’t know.”</p> <p>Considering aforementioned results, dialogues and Osazuke were accepted widely by both Tenrikyo believers and non-believers, and religious care had been realized to support the “way of life” through prayer, which could lead to alterations in values. The two types of religious care offered by the lecturers to non-believers were one that was based on “indirect religious experience” that touches on transcendental existence from their relationship with the lecturers, and the other that was based on gratitude for sincere prayers. Relationships of trust between patients and the lecturers were built not only through dialogues but also through prayers.</p>

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