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  • Eastern Practices and Nordic Bodies

    Lived Religion, Spirituality and Healing in the Nordic Countries

    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This volume explores the reception, development and construction of Eastern practices in the Nordic countries. The focus is on spirituality, medicine and healing from a lived religion perspective. Besides a geographical focus on the Nordic countries and their characteristics, this collection examines the embodied practices aligned with different expressions of religiosity, alternative medicine, ... Read more

    $192.99 CAD

  • Culture, Spirituality and Religious Literacy in Healthcare

    Nordic Perspectives

    Series series Routledge Advances in the Medical Humanities
    Elaborating with the concepts of culture and religious literacy, this volume examines theoretical, methodological and empirical aspects of the practice and study of religion and non-religion, culture, spirituality and worldviews within healthcare.In modern multi-cultural and multi-religious societies, a host of new issues have arisen concerning culture, religion and spirituality within healthcare, ... Read more

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    Meditation, Buddhism, and the Next Generation of Enlightenment

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  • The Moral Landscape

    How Science Can Determine Human Values

    by Sam Harris ...
    New York Times bestselling author Sam Harris’s first book, The End of Faith, ignited a worldwide debate about the validity of religion. In the aftermath, Harris discovered that most people—from religious fundamentalists to non-believing scientists—agree on one point: science has nothing to say on the subject of human values. Indeed, our failure to address questions of meaning and morality through ... Read more

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  • Japanese Culture

    The Religious and Philosophical Foundations

    Japanese Culture: The Religious and Philosophical Foundations takes readers on a thoroughly researched and extremely readable journey through Japan's cultural history.This much-anticipated sequel to Roger Davies's best-selling The Japanese Mind provides a comprehensive overview of the religion and philosophy of Japan. This cultural history of Japan explains the diverse cultural traditions that ... Read more

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  • Why We Fight

    by Mike Martin ...
    "Why are we willing to die for our countries? How can ideology persuade someone to blow themselves up? When we go to war, morality, religion and ideology often take the blame. But Mike Martin boldly argues that the opposite is true: rather than driving violence, these things help to reduce it. While we resort to ideas and values to justify or interpret warfare, something else is really propelling ... Read more

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  • The Making of Buddhist Modernism

    A great deal of Buddhist literature and scholarly writing about Buddhism of the past 150 years reflects and indeed constructs a historically unique modern Buddhism even while purporting to represent ancient tradition timeless teaching or the "essentials" of Buddhism. This literature Asian as well as Western weaves together the strands of different traditions to create a novel hybrid that brings ... Read more

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  • What's Wrong with Mindfulness (And What Isn't)

    Zen Perspectives

    Edited by Barry Magid, Robert Rosenbaum ...
    Mindfulness seems to be everywhere—but are we sure that's a good thing? Teachers Sallie Jiko Tisdale, Gil Fronsdal, Norman Fischer, and more explain how removing mindfulness from Buddhism may set a dangerous precedent.Mindfulness is in fashion. Oprah loves it, Google teaches it to employees—it has become widespread as a cure-all for stress, health problems and psychological difficulties, ... Read more

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  • Contemplative Practices in Higher Education

    Powerful Methods to Transform Teaching and Learning

    Contemplative pedagogy is a way for instructors to:empower students to integrate their own experience into the theoretical material they are being taught in order to deepen their understanding;help students to develop sophisticated problem-solving skills;support students’ sense of connection to and compassion for others; andengender inquiries into students’ most profound questions.Contemplative ... Read more

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  • The Diversity Of Worldviews Among Young Adults

    Contemporary (Non)Religiosity And Spirituality Through The Lens Of An International Mixed Method Study

    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This open access volume features a data-rich portrait of what young adults think about the world. It collects the views of students in higher education from various cultural regions, religious traditions, linguistic groups, and political systems. This will help readers better understand a generation that will soon rise to power and influence.The analysis focuses on 12 countries. These include ... Read more

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  • Secularizing Buddhism

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