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Eastern Christianity and Meditation
University College Stockholm, Stockholm School of Theology, Department of Eastern Christian Studies.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7927-6995
2019 (English)In: The Oxford handbook of meditation / [ed] Miguel Farias, David Brazier, and Mansur Lalljee, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Eastern Orthodox Christianity has developed a wide variety of theories and practices of meditation. Among these, this chapter covers the contemplation of sins, the recitation of the Jesus prayer, hesychasm, and the contemplation of Divine Light. This latter form of meditation, where God’s uncreated Light is revealed to the individual, is particularly important in the Eastern Christian tradition, as it is linked to theosis, the human capacity to seek and reach divinization. This is not only important as an individual goal but also a key theological notion in Eastern Christianity. The chapter ends by considering the present interest in meditation practices within this tradition.

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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019.
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hesychasm, Palamism, Divine Light, Jesus prayer, contemplation of sins, Eastern Orthodox Christianity
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ths:diva-983DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198808640.013.8OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ths-983DiVA, id: diva2:1412716
Available from: 2020-03-07 Created: 2020-03-07 Last updated: 2023-10-11Bibliographically approved

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