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UNINA9910816442703321 |
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Autore |
Johnson Christopher D. L |
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Titolo |
Globalization of Hesychasm and the Jesus prayer : contesting contemplation / / Christopher D.L. Johnson |
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London ; ; New York, : Continuum, c2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-4725-4943-0 |
1-282-89839-6 |
9786612898396 |
1-4411-1886-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (213 p.) |
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Collana |
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Continuum advances in religious studies |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Hesychasm |
Mysticism - Orthodox Eastern Church |
Prayer - Orthodox Eastern Church |
Prayer - Christianity |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"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 |
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