Eastern practices and Nordic bodies : lived religion, spirituality and healing in the Nordic countries / / edited by Daniel Enstedt, Katarina Plank |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2023 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (326 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
Disciplina | 200.948 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
EnstedtDaniel
PlankKatarina <1970-> |
Collana | Palgrave Studies in New Religions and Alternative Spiritualities Series |
Soggetto topico |
Alternative medicine - Asia
Alternative medicine - Scandinavia Spirituality - Asia Spirituality - Scandinavia |
ISBN | 3-031-38118-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Tables -- Introducing Eastern Practices and Nordic Bodies -- Introduction -- "Eastern practices" -- The Nordic Context -- Spirituality in the Nordic Countries -- The Contributions to this Book -- Suggestions for Future Research -- References -- Part I: Embodiment, Movements, and Practices -- Catharsis in the Spruce Forest: Osho Meditations and Therapy at a Spiritual Retreat in Norway -- Introduction -- Osho Meditations and Therapies: Eastern Practices? -- The Nordic Context -- The Retreat Centre Dharma Mountain, Norway -- The Therapeutic and the Transformational -- The Affective and the Wonderous -- Implications for the Study of Eastern Practices in the Nordic Countries -- References -- Getting Past the Ego: Modern Advaita and the Cultivation of a Nondual Habitus -- Introduction -- The Adaptation, Dissemination, and Globalization of Advaita -- Rishikesh: A Meeting Place for Nondual Satsang -- Nonduality in Daily Life -- Self-Reflexivity: Observing the Mind and Cultivating Awareness -- Devotion: Finding Meaning in Day-to-Day Life -- Human Interconnectedness: Seeing Oneself in Others -- Implications for the Study of Eastern Practices in the Nordic Countries -- References -- Modern Yoga and the Nordic Body: Between Authenticity and Cultural Appropriation -- Introduction -- Yoga in a Nordic Context -- Yoga in Aarhus -- Analysis of Developments in Yoga in Aarhus9 -- Yoga with Both Centrifugal and Centripetal Tendencies in Contemporary Time -- Implications for the Study of Eastern Practices in the Nordic Countries -- References -- Kirtan: Music, Emotion, and Belonging in Finnish Holistic Spirituality -- Introduction -- Background -- Kirtan in Holistic Spirituality -- Kirtan's Enduring Appeal -- Discussion.
Implications for the Study of Eastern Practices in the Nordic Countries -- References -- Art of Living and Transcendental Meditation: Eastern Practices for the "Scientifically Minded Westerner" -- Introduction -- Art of Living and Transcendental Meditation: A Brief Historical Overview -- Courses and Key Practices in Art of Living and Transcendental Meditation -- Social Legitimation -- Traditional and Charismatic Authority -- Blended Authority: Vedic Science -- Mainstream (Medical) Science on the World Wide Web -- Experiential Legitimation -- Science as Taken-for-Granted Legitimation -- Implications for the Study of Eastern Practices in the Nordic Countries -- References -- Part II: Aesthetics, Nature, and New Contexts -- Embodying Qi in the Nordic Countries: The Healing Practices of Zhineng Qigong -- Introduction -- The Nordic Reception of the Healing Practices of Zhineng Qigong -- The Social Production of Qi at the European Zhineng Qigong Summer Course -- Experiencing and Narrating Qigong -- Implications for the Study of Eastern Practices in the Nordic Countries -- References -- Aikido's Spirituality and Transplantation in the Nordic Countries: Spirituality in the Asian Martials Art -- Aikido and Its Spread Around the World -- Data and Method -- A Brief History and Development of Aikido in the Nordic Countries -- Discussing the Spiritual and Religious Aspects of Aikido -- Views on Aikido's Transplantation to the Nordic Countries -- Implications for the Study of Eastern Practices in the Nordic Countries -- References -- Interviews -- Towards Watery and Vibrating Bodies: Finnish Bodies Learning Tibetan Sound Healing -- Introduction -- Protestant and Post-Protestant Bodies in Finland -- Ritual Body Pedagogics and Somatic Inversions in Sound Healing -- Eastern Influences on Contemporary Spirituality. Sound Healing and Tibetan Roots: The Case of Peter Hess Singing Bowl Relaxation -- Embodiment, Fluids, and Sonic Vibrations -- Body Pedagogics and Somatic Inversions in Tibetan Singing Bowls -- Unlimited Watery Bodies -- Implications for the Study of Eastern Practices in the Nordic Countries -- References -- Empirical Data -- Meditation and Other New Spiritual Practices in the Church of Sweden -- Introduction -- From New Age to Lived Religion -- The Nordic Context -- From Exclusive Retreats to Everyday Spiritual Practices -- Analysis of the New Spiritual Practices -- Conclusion -- Implications for the Study of Eastern Practices in the Nordic Countries -- References -- Acem and the Psychology of Meditation: The Inner History of a Living Practice -- Introduction -- Psychology, Guidance, and Long Meditations -- Inner History -- Four Years of Change -- The First Communication Group -- The Split -- Psychology of Meditation -- Psychology and Beyond -- Existential Process -- Long Meditations and Deepening Retreats -- Implications for the Study of Eastern Practices in the Nordic Countries -- References -- Shinrin-Yoku in Sweden: The Political Significance of Embodiment and Sensory Attention in Nature -- Introduction -- Shinrin-Yoku: A Japanese Practice Goes Global -- The Practice -- Shinrin-Yoku in Sweden -- Influences -- Mindfulness -- Deep Ecology -- Embodiment and Sensory Attention -- Embodied Identification -- Embodied Reciprocity and Communication -- Nature as Egalitarian Community -- Implications for the Study of Eastern Practices in the Nordic Countries -- Adjustment and Resistance -- Political Implications of Embodiment and Sensory Presence -- The Attraction of the East -- References -- Starving the Animal Within: Vegetarianism as Spiritual Development and Eastern Wisdom in Early Swedish Theosophy -- Introduction. Predators and Eaters of Grass: The Vegetarian Movement in Sweden at the Turn of the Twentieth Century -- The Emergence of Theosophy in Sweden and the Nordic Countries -- Abolishing the Diet of Predators: Vegetarianism Within the Swedish Theosophical Movement -- Not a Hunter but a Gardener: Theosophical Vegetarianism as Eastern Wisdom and Spiritual Cultivation -- Theory Is Practice: Reflections on Lived Theosophy -- Implications for the Study of Eastern Practices in the Nordic Countries -- References -- Index. |
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Handbook of leaving religion / / edited by Daniel Enstedt, Göran Larsson, Teemu T. Mantsinen |
Autore | Enstedt Daniel |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Brill, 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 200 |
Collana | Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion |
Soggetto topico |
Apostasy
Conversion |
Soggetto non controllato |
Religion
General |
ISBN | 90-04-33147-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Notes on Contributors -- Leaving Religion: Introducing the Field / Daniel Enstedt, Göran Larsson and Teemu T. Mantsinen -- Historical and Major Debates -- Leaving Hinduism / Clemens Cavallin -- Leaving Buddhism / Monica Lindberg Falk -- Leaving Religion in Antiquity / Jörgen Magnusson -- Leaving Judaism / Lena Roos -- Leaving Christianity / Teemu T. Mantsinen and Kati Tervo-Niemelä -- Leaving Islam / Christine Schirrmacher -- Case Studies -- Leaving Hinduism: Deconversion as Liberation / Michael Stausberg -- Leaving Theravāda Buddhism in Myanmar / Niklas Foxeus -- Leaving Vipassana Meditation / Masoumeh Rahmani -- Leaving Orthodox Judaism / David Belfon -- Leaving the Amish / David L. McConnell -- Leaving Evangelicalism / Philip Salim Francis -- Leaving Pentecostalism / Teemu T. Mantsinen -- Leaving Roman Catholicism / Hugh Turpin -- Leaving Mormonism / Amorette Hinderaker -- Leaving Islam for Christianity: Asylum Seeker Converts / Nora Stene -- Leaving Islam from a Queer Perspective / Erica Li Lundqvist -- Leaving New Religions / Carole M. Cusack -- Non-Religion and Atheism / Caleb Schaffner and Ryan T. Cragun -- Theoretical and Methodological Approaches -- Historical Approaches to Leaving Religion / Ryan Szpiech -- Geographical and Demographic Approaches to Leaving Religion / Lily Kong and Orlando Woods -- Statistical Approaches to Leaving Religion / Isabella Kasselstrand -- Sociological Approaches to Leaving Religion / Daniel Enstedt -- Psychological Approaches to Leaving Religion / Kyle Messick and Miguel Farias -- Narrative and Autobiographical Approaches to Leaving Religion / Peter G. Stromberg -- Media and Communication Approaches to Leaving Religion / Teemu Taira -- Back Matter -- Index. |
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Enstedt Daniel | ||
Brill, 2020 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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