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Meditation in Judaism, Christianity and Islam - Cultural Histories (Hardcover, New)
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Meditation in Judaism, Christianity and Islam - Cultural Histories (Hardcover, New)
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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 mystical experiences. It proposes ways of
studying meditative practice historically, and concludes with an
essay on the modern scientific interest in meditation.
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