The globalization of Hesychasm and the Jesus prayer : contesting contemplation / Christopher D.L. Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Christopher D. L., author.

Series:

Continuum advances in religious studies.

Continuum advances in religious studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesus prayer.

Hesychasm.

Mysticism--Orthodox Eastern Church.

Mysticism.

Prayer--Christianity.

Prayer.

Prayer--Orthodox Eastern Church.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (213 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The meditative prayer practices known as Hesychasm and the Jesus Prayer have played an important role in the history of Eastern Orthodox Christianity. This book explores how these prayer practices have spread from a primarily monastic setting within Orthodox Christianity, into general Orthodox Christian usage, and finally into wider contemporary Western culture. As a result of this gradual geographic shift from a local to a global setting, caused mainly by immigration and dissemination of related texts, there has been a parallel shift of interpretation causing disagreement. By analyzing ongoing conversations on the practices, this book shows how such disagreements are due to differences in the way groups understand the ideas of authority and tradition. These fundamental ideas lie beneath much of the current discussion on particular aspects of the practices and also contribute to the wider academic debate over the globalization and appropriation of religious traditions."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. Definition: What Are the Practices?

3. History: How Have the Practices Spread?

4. Survey: Where Have the Practices Spread?

5. Discussions of the Practices

6. Authority

7. Tradition

8. Appropriation

9. Conclusions

Bibliography

Websites Cited

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612898396

9781472549433

1472549430

9781282898394

1282898396

9781441118868

1441118861

OCLC:

686775525