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The Globalization of Hesychasm and the Jesus Prayer

Contesting Contemplation

  • Paperback
  • 214 pages
  • Publisher: Continuum
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 1.2 cm

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For those interested in Eastern Orthodox spirituality

Clarifies controversies surrounding prayer practices

You will gain insight into global faith traditions

This book explores the journey of Hesychasm and the Jesus Prayer into contemporary culture.

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.
The Globalization of Hesychasm and the Jesus Prayer and The Globalization of Hesychasm and the Jesus Prayer
The Globalization of Hesychasm and the Jesus PrayerThe Globalization of Hesychasm and the Jesus Prayer

  • Title

    The Globalization of Hesychasm and the Jesus Prayer

  • Author

    Christopher D.L. Johnson

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Continuum

  • Published

    July 2012

  • Weight

    305g

  • Page Count

    214

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 1.2 cm

  • ISBN

    9781441141521

  • ISBN-10

    1441141529

  • Eden Code

    4029981

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