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Author : Yūsuf Ībish
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Traditional Modes of Contemplation and Action written by Yūsuf Ībish and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Yūsuf Ībish
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Contemplation and Action in World Religions written by Yūsuf Ībish and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 1978 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Louis Komjathy
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119156696
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (191 download)
Download or read book Introducing Contemplative Studies written by Louis Komjathy and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-11-29 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book-length introduction to an exciting new interdisciplinary field—written by an internationally recognized leader of the Contemplative Studies movement This is the first book-length introduction to a growing and influential interdisciplinary field focused on contemplative practice, contemplative experience, and contemplative pedagogy. Written by an internationally recognized leader in the area, Introducing Contemplative Studies seeks to provide readers with a deep and practical understanding of the nature and purpose of the field while encouraging them to find a place of their own in an increasingly widespread movement. At once comprehensive overview, critical reflection, and visionary proposal, the book explores the central approaches and issues in Contemplative Studies, tackles questions and problems that sometimes go unaddressed, and identifies promising new developments. The author also discusses contemplative pedagogy, an experiential approach to teaching and learning informed by and expressed as contemplative practice. This is a major introduction to a fast emerging interdisciplinary field that will be invaluable to those interested in the area. The only comprehensive introduction to the emerging, interdisciplinary field of Contemplative Studies Written by a distinguished leader in the Contemplative Studies movement who is founding Co-Chair of the Contemplative Studies Group of the American Academy of Religion Informed by ten years of research and practice, the book explores the field’s varied approaches and expressions Offers critical reviews of trends which will create discussions both within and outside the Contemplative Studies Liberally illustrated with both images and charts Introducing Contemplative Studies is a must-read for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, teachers and scholars in Contemplative Studies, as well as anyone who is curious about contemplative practice, meditation, contemplative experience, contemplative pedagogy, contemplative science, and, of course, the exciting field of Contemplative Studies generally.
Author : Louis Komjathy
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 1438457057
Total Pages : 850 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)
Download or read book Contemplative Literature written by Louis Komjathy and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2015-08-31 with total page 850 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology of primary texts on meditation and contemplative prayer from a wide range of religious traditions. This is the first theoretically informed and historically accurate comparative anthology of primary texts on meditation and contemplative prayer. Written by international experts on the respective texts and corresponding traditions, Contemplative Literature provides introductions to and primary sources on contemplative practice from various religious traditions. The contributors explore classical Daoist apophatic meditation, Quaker silent prayer, Jewish Kabbalah, Southern Buddhist meditation, Sufi contemplation, Eastern Orthodox prayer, Pure Land Buddhist visualization, Hindu classical Yoga, Dominican Catholic prayer, Daoist internal alchemy, and modern therapeutic meditation. Each introduction to a contemplative text discusses its historical context, the associated religious tradition and literature, the method of contemplative practice, and the texts legacy and influence. Volume editor Louis Komjathy opens the work with a thoughtful consideration of interpretive issues in the emerging interdisciplinary field of contemplative studies. Readers will gain not only a nuanced understanding of important works of contemplative literature, but also resources for understanding contemplative practice and contemplative experience from a comparative and cross-cultural perspective. We have not seen anything this bold and this global since Friedrich Heiler wrote his classic study on the typology of prayer over eighty years ago. Komjathy and his essayists have vastly expanded the scope, depth, and sophistication of this project here. In the process, they have struggled with all of the critical questions around religious pluralism, tradition, and religious authority, and have emboldened the comparative project itself. Contemplation and comparison, it turns out, go very well together. Jeffrey J. Kripal, author of Comparing Religions: Coming to Terms Teachers and scholars, undergraduate and graduate students, and general readers interested in contemplative practice will cherish a book like this. Im happy that Louis Komjathy has done this great work. It will undoubtedly be hailed as a milestone. Ruben L. F. Habito, author of Healing Breath: Zen for Christians and Buddhists in a Wounded World
Author : Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791415177
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (151 download)
Download or read book The Need for a Sacred Science written by Seyyed Hossein Nasr and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The meaning of a science rooted in the sacred, its contrast to modern science and its pertinence to us today.
Author : Huston Smith
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520270223
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)
Download or read book The Huston Smith Reader written by Huston Smith and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2012-03-26 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I read Huston Smith’s The World’s Religions as a teenager. It was the most influential event in my life. He has shaped my thinking, my lifelong quest, and guided me to where I am today. The Huston Smith Reader will enlighten you, delight you, and expand your awareness. I intend to carry this book with me wherever I go.”—Deepak Chopra, author of War of the Worldviews “Huston Smith approaches religion with the wisdom of a philosopher and the wonder of a child. He looks for similarities that unite, not differences that divide. He comes armed with knowledge and blessed with understanding."—Don Lattin, author of The Harvard Psychedelic Club "This remarkable book by the beloved scholar-practitioner Huston Smith has the depth and breadth of no other. It is wise and full of insight, at times funny, at times poignant. Manifesting both lived and living wisdom, the book's power, beauty, and courage will take the reader into the heart of the world's religions."—Joan Halifax, Founding Abbot, Upaya Zen Center “No one in our time, neither Martin Buber nor Elie Wiesel, neither Karen Armstrong nor Simone Weil, has made a greater contribution to our understanding of religion and spirituality than Huston Smith. We are privileged to live in his era, not only for his books and films, but for his emphasis on gleaning the wisdom from ancient traditions, and the example he has afforded the rest of us in practicing what he preaches, thus illuminating for us what it means to have a lived-in philosophy of the religious life. In turn, this book affords us the widest and most penetrating range of insights yet published into the mind and heart of this great teacher.”—Phil Cousineau, editor of The Way Things Are: Huston Smith on the Spiritual Life and author of The Art of Pilgrimage "Huston Smith's words serve me well in traversing my spiritual path."—Ram Dass, author of Be Here Now
Author : Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 019510823X
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (951 download)
Download or read book Religion and the Order of Nature written by Seyyed Hossein Nasr and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1996 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The most comprehensive and intelligent treatment of [religious ecology]....Nasr is one of the major intellects of our day."--Huston Smith, University of California, Berkeley.
Author : Harry Oldmeadow
Publisher : World Wisdom, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1935493094
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (354 download)
Download or read book Frithjof Schuon and the Perennial Philosophy written by Harry Oldmeadow and published by World Wisdom, Inc. This book was released on 2010 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This introduction to the writings of Frithjof Schuon (1907-1998), the pre-eminent spokesman of the Perennialist or Traditionalist school of comparative religious thought, is the first book to present a comprehensive study of his intellectual and spiritual message. In addition to a clear explanation of Schuon's message of metaphysics and the great religions, Oldmeadow includes an overview of Schuon's paintings and poetry, and insights on prayer and virtue in the spiritual life.
Author : Harry Oldmeadow
Publisher : World Wisdom, Inc
ISBN 13 : 0941532577
Total Pages : 535 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (415 download)
Download or read book Journeys East written by Harry Oldmeadow and published by World Wisdom, Inc. This book was released on 2004 with total page 535 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to treat the impact of religious, philosophical and psychological traditions of the East on Western intellectuals, artists, travellers and spiritual seekers in the twentieth century. Addressed to both general readers and scholars of religion, it is especially valuable for its penetrating and inter-religious analysis of two of the most compelling themes now facing the world: the emergence of cross-cultural religious understanding of the natural order and ecological crisis and the metaphysical basis for both the formal diversity and essential unity of religious traditions of both East and West. The West has long romanticized the "mysterious" East, but it has, also, judged its traditions as "uncivilized." Our notions about Eastern spirituality have been formed by a succession of travellers, scientists, artists, intellectuals, poets, philosophers and missionaries, as well as by Eastern travellers who have spent time in the West. This book helps us to recognize the influence of Eastern ideas upon modern Western thought by tracing the history of engagements between East and West up until the present day. It concludes with a section that helps us to perceive the timeless value of the many Eastern contributions to the West's current intellectual and spiritual state.
Author : J. Nigro Sansonese
Publisher : Inner Traditions / Bear & Co
ISBN 13 : 9780892814091
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (14 download)
Download or read book The Body of Myth written by J. Nigro Sansonese and published by Inner Traditions / Bear & Co. This book was released on 1994 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long ago the ancestors of the Greeks, Romans, and Hindus were one people living on the Eurasian steppes. At the core of their religion was the "shamanic trance," a natural state but one in which consciousness achieves a profound level of inner awareness. Over the course of millennia, the Indo-Europeans divided and migrated into Europe and the Indian subcontinent. The knowledge of shamanic trance retreated from everyday awareness and was carried on in the form of myths and distilled into spiritual practices--most notably in the Indian tradition of yoga. J. Nigro Sansonese compares the myths of Greece as well as those of the Judeo-Christian tradition with the yogic practices of India and concludes that myths are esoteric descriptions of what occurs within the human body, especially the human nervous system, during trance. In this light, the myths provide a detailed map of the shamanic state of consciousness that is our natural heritage. This book carries on from the works of Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell to show how the portrayal of consciousness embodied in myth can be extended to a reappraisal of the laws of physics; before they are descriptions of the world, these laws--like myths--are descriptions of the human nervous system.
Author : Howard R. Jarrell
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810817593
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (175 download)
Download or read book International Meditation Bibliography, 1950-1982 written by Howard R. Jarrell and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: See Reviews.
Author : Michael Dallaire
Publisher : University Press of America
ISBN 13 : 0761855548
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (618 download)
Download or read book Teaching with the Wind written by Michael Dallaire and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2011-11-16 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teaching with the Wind tackles the question, "Can education for a Canadian civic spirituality bridge the sometimes incommensurable worldviews of faith-based schools and secular public schools?" An affirmative answer is offered based on two foundations. First, that a national soul can be identified and thus serve as the content of spiritual education in Canada schools. Second, that a reconstructed approach to the contemplation-in-action method found in world religions and philosophy can provide an appropriate pedagogy for Canadian spiritual education. This book argues that education for civic spirituality is of paramount importance as Canada continues its transition from a Judeo-Christian and bicultural nation to a multi-faith and multicultural nation within a secular democracy. It offers a direction that would enrich religious and secular education systems as well as Canada as a whole.
Author : Stephen K White
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 9780761942610
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (426 download)
Download or read book What is Political Theory? written by Stephen K White and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2004-03-08 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title provides students with a comprehensive overview of the current state of the discipline. Topics addressed include: what resources do the classic texts still provide for political theorists, and what areas will political theorists focus on in the future?.
Author : Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791401767
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Knowledge and the Sacred written by Seyyed Hossein Nasr and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nasr (Islamic studies, George Washington U.), in a series of ten lectures, argues that, unlike in the West, where scientific thought has been secularized, in the East, knowledge and religious experience have remained unified. Drawing from Buddhist, Hindu, Judaic, Christian, and Islamic traditions, he finds in each the idea of perennial wisdom as a philosophical basis for such unity. Paperback edition ($10.95) not seen. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Marion Glasscoe
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9780859915588
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (155 download)
Download or read book The Medieval Mystical Tradition written by Marion Glasscoe and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 1999 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interdisciplinary studies on medieval mystics and their cultural background.
Author : Pamela G. Smart
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292723334
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)
Download or read book Sacred Modern written by Pamela G. Smart and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned as one of the most significant museums built by private collectors, the Menil Collection in Houston, Texas, seeks to engage viewers in an acutely aesthetic, rather than pedagogical, experience of works of art. The Menil's emphasis on being moved by art, rather than being taught art history, comes from its founders' conviction that art offers a way to reintegrate the sacred and the secular worlds. Inspired by the French Catholic revivalism of the interwar years that recast Catholic tradition as the avant-garde, Dominique and John de Menil shared with other Catholic intellectuals a desire to reorder a world in crisis by imbuing modern cultural forms with religious faith, binding the sacred with the modern. Sacred Modern explores how the Menil Collection gives expression to the religious and political convictions of its founders and how "the Menil way" is being both perpetuated and contested as the Museum makes the transition from operating under the personal direction of Dominique de Menil to the stewardship of career professionals. Taking an ethnographic approach, Pamela G. Smart analyzes the character of the Menil aesthetic, the processes by which it is produced, and the sensibilities that it is meant to generate in those who engage with the collection. She also offers insight into the extraordinary impact Dominique and John de Menil had on the emergence of Houston as a major cultural center.
Author : Paul Ladouceur
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 056766483X
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (676 download)
Download or read book Modern Orthodox Theology written by Paul Ladouceur and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-21 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern Orthodox theology represents a continuity of the Eastern Christian theological tradition stretching back to the early Church and especially to the Ancient Fathers of the Church. This volume considers the full range of modern Orthodox theology. The first chapters of the book offer a chronological study of the development of modern Orthodox theology, beginning with a survey of Orthodox theology from the fall of Constantinople in 1453 until the early 19th century. Ladouceur then focuses on theology in imperial Russia, the Russian religious renaissance at the beginning of the 20th century, and the origins and nature of neopatristic theology, as well as the new theology in Greece and Romania, and tradition and the restoration of patristic thought. Subsequent chapters examine specific major themes: - God and Creation - Divine-humanity, personhood and human rights - The Church of Christ - Ecumenical theology and religious diversity - The 'Christification' of life - Social and Political Theology - The 'Name-of-God' conflict - The ordination of women The volume concludes with assessments of major approaches of modern Orthodox theology and reflections on the current status and future of Orthodox theology. Designed for classroom use, the book features: - case studies - a detailed index - a list of recommended readings for each chapter
