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Meditation in Judaism, Christianity and Islam: Cultural Histories

Meditation in Judaism, Christianity and Islam: Cultural Histories

Eifring, Halvor

Hardcover

Metaphysical GeneralComparative ReligionReligion General

ISBN10: 1441122141
ISBN13: 9781441122148
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: Dec 19 2013
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.30
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.30
Language: English

Meditative practices have flourished in widely different parts of Eurasia, yet historical research on such practices is limited. Research to date has focused on contexts rather than actual practices, and within individual traditions.

For the first time in one volume, the meditative practices of the three traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam are examined. They are viewed in a global perspective, considering both generic and historical connections to practices in other traditions, particularly in India and East Asia. Their cultural and historical peculiarities are examined, comparing them both to each other and to Asian forms of meditation.

The book builds on a notion of meditation as self-administered techniques for inner transformation, a definition which focuses on transformative practice rather than notions of meditative states and

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