Siroj Sorajjakool
School of Religio n, Lo ma Linda Univer sity,
Loma Linda , CA, USA
East Asia is one of the mos t populate d regions in
the world with 1.5 billion people, appro ximat ely
133 people per squar e kilo meter or 22 % of all
the people in the world. It has a histor y that
reaches back thousands of year s contain ing narratives of peopl e survivi ng traum a after tra uma
drawi ng on availa ble reso urces from rich cultur al
and rel igious heritag es such as Taois m, Buddhism, Confuciani sm, and Ancest or Worship