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…mehr
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.
Halvor Eifring is a Professor in the Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo, Norway.
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Contributors Acknowledgements Preface 1. Introduction Meditation in Judaism, Christianity and Islam: Technical Aspects of Devotional Practices Halvor Eifring, Professor of Chinese, Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo 2. Judaism Ancient Hebrew Meditative Recitation Terje Stordalen, Professor of Theology, Faculty of Theology, University of Oslo Mystics without Minds? Body and Soul in Merkavah Mysticism Michael D. Swartz, Professor of Hebrew and Religious Studies, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, The Ohio State University Meditative Prayer in Moshe Cordovero's Kabbalah Alan Brill, Cooperman/Ross Endowed Chair of Jewish-Christian Studies, Department of Religion, Seton Hall University Spiritual Friendship as Contemplative Practice in Kabbalah and Hasidism Lawrence Fine, Irene Kaplan Leiwant Professor of Jewish Studies, Mount Holyoke College 3. Christianity Meléte in Early Christian Ascetic Texts Per Rönnegård, Research Fellow, Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, Lund University The Early Jesus Prayer and Meditation in Greco-Roman Philosophy Henrik Rydell Johnsén, Research Fellow, Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, Lund University Meditation in the East Syrian Tradition Serafim Seppälä, Professor of Systematic Theology and Patristics, School of Theology, Philosophical Faculty, University of Eastern Finland The Pathless Path of Prayer: Is There a Meditation Method in Meister Eckhart? Jeffrey Cooper, Assistant Professor, Theology Department, University of Portland Teresa Of Avila's Evolving Practices of 'Representing' Christ in Prayer Mary Frohlich, Associate Professor of Spirituality, Catholic Theological Union of Chicago Jesuit Ekphrastic Meditation: Louis Richeome's Painting in the Mind Judi Loach,Interdisciplinary Research Professor in the Humanities, Cardiff University Imageless Prayer and Imagistic Meditation in Orthodox Christianity Augustine Casiday, Honorary Research Fellow, School of History, Archaeology and Religion, Cardiff University 4. Islam Sufi Dhikr Between Meditation and Prayer Jamal J. Elias, Walter H. Annenberg Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania Movement and Stillness: The Practice of Sufi Dhikr in Fourteenth-Century Central Asia Shahzad Bashir, Lysbeth Warren Anderson Professor in Islamic Studies, Department of Religious Studies, Stanford University Music and Remembrance as Meditation: Sama' in the Indus Valley Michel Boivin, Senior Fellow, Centre for South Asian Studies, CNRS-EHESS 5. Science The Natural Science of Meditation - A 'Black Box' Perspective? Svend Davanger, Professor of Neuroscience, Institute of Basic Medical Science, University of Oslo
Contributors Acknowledgements Preface 1. Introduction Meditation in Judaism, Christianity and Islam: Technical Aspects of Devotional Practices Halvor Eifring, Professor of Chinese, Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo 2. Judaism Ancient Hebrew Meditative Recitation Terje Stordalen, Professor of Theology, Faculty of Theology, University of Oslo Mystics without Minds? Body and Soul in Merkavah Mysticism Michael D. Swartz, Professor of Hebrew and Religious Studies, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, The Ohio State University Meditative Prayer in Moshe Cordovero's Kabbalah Alan Brill, Cooperman/Ross Endowed Chair of Jewish-Christian Studies, Department of Religion, Seton Hall University Spiritual Friendship as Contemplative Practice in Kabbalah and Hasidism Lawrence Fine, Irene Kaplan Leiwant Professor of Jewish Studies, Mount Holyoke College 3. Christianity Meléte in Early Christian Ascetic Texts Per Rönnegård, Research Fellow, Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, Lund University The Early Jesus Prayer and Meditation in Greco-Roman Philosophy Henrik Rydell Johnsén, Research Fellow, Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, Lund University Meditation in the East Syrian Tradition Serafim Seppälä, Professor of Systematic Theology and Patristics, School of Theology, Philosophical Faculty, University of Eastern Finland The Pathless Path of Prayer: Is There a Meditation Method in Meister Eckhart? Jeffrey Cooper, Assistant Professor, Theology Department, University of Portland Teresa Of Avila's Evolving Practices of 'Representing' Christ in Prayer Mary Frohlich, Associate Professor of Spirituality, Catholic Theological Union of Chicago Jesuit Ekphrastic Meditation: Louis Richeome's Painting in the Mind Judi Loach,Interdisciplinary Research Professor in the Humanities, Cardiff University Imageless Prayer and Imagistic Meditation in Orthodox Christianity Augustine Casiday, Honorary Research Fellow, School of History, Archaeology and Religion, Cardiff University 4. Islam Sufi Dhikr Between Meditation and Prayer Jamal J. Elias, Walter H. Annenberg Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania Movement and Stillness: The Practice of Sufi Dhikr in Fourteenth-Century Central Asia Shahzad Bashir, Lysbeth Warren Anderson Professor in Islamic Studies, Department of Religious Studies, Stanford University Music and Remembrance as Meditation: Sama' in the Indus Valley Michel Boivin, Senior Fellow, Centre for South Asian Studies, CNRS-EHESS 5. Science The Natural Science of Meditation - A 'Black Box' Perspective? Svend Davanger, Professor of Neuroscience, Institute of Basic Medical Science, University of Oslo
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