ISBN:
9004350640
,
9789004350649
Language:
English
Pages:
XI, 327 Seiten
Series Statement:
International studies in religion and society volume 29
Series Statement:
International studies in religion and society
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Eastspirit
DDC:
200.95
Keywords:
Spirituality
;
East and West
;
Asia Religion
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Konferenzschrift 2014
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Konferenzschrift 2014
;
Asien
;
Spiritualität
;
Religion
Abstract:
Mindfulness, yoga, Tantra, Zen, martial arts, karma, 'feng shui', Ayurveda. Eastern ideas and practices associated with Asian religions and spirituality have been accommodated to a global setting as both a spiritual/religious and a broader cultural phenomenon. 'Eastern spirituality' is present in organized religions, the spiritual New Age market, arts, literature, media, therapy, and health care but also in public institutions such as schools and prisons. 'Eastspirit: Transnational spirituality and religious circulation in East and West' describes and analyses such concepts, practices and traditions in their new 'Western' and global contexts as well as in their transformed expressions and reappropriations in religious traditions and individualized spiritualities 'back in the East' within the framework of mutual interaction and circulation, regionally and globally.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
"Funding from Carlsberg Foundation made it possible in December 2014 to invite 14 people for a workshop on "Eastspirit" at Aarhus University" (Acknowledgements)
URL:
http://www.brill.com/products/book/eastspirit-transnational-spirituality-and-religious-circulation-east-and-west
URL:
http://www.brill.com/products/book/eastspirit-transnational-spirituality-and-religious-circulation-east-and-west
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