Contemporary Yoga and Sacred Texts (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Scholz, Susanne; Vander Stichele, Caroline

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the textual traditions that authorize the history, legitimacy, and authenticity of today's physical posture practice.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429589584
• Artikelnr.: 72281483

Autorenporträt

Susanne Scholz is Professor of Old Testament at SMU Perkins School of Theology in Dallas, Texas, United States. Her research focuses on the cultural study of sacred texts, especially the Hebrew Bible. Caroline Vander Stichele is Professor of New Testament and Cultural Impact of the Bible in Western Culture at the Tilburg School of Catholic Theology, Tilburg University, The Netherlands.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Sadhana-kriya and Moksa in the Yogini Tantra 2. An Exploration of "Crazy Wisdom" in Ancient and Contemporary Buddhist Stories 3. Charles Johnston's Translation of the Yogasutra as a Book of Theosophical Initiation 4. Life, Death, and Deathlessness in Sri Aurobindo's Savitri 5. Yogananda's Autobiography of a Yogi as Sacred Text 6. Howard Thurman and the Roots of Modern Black Atlantic Yogas 7. Osho-Rajneesh and the Reformulation of Yoga in the Twentieth Century 8. How the Vedas Became the Word of God 9. Reading Patanjali's Yoga Sutra Like the Bible in Sunday School 10. Texts, Teachers, and Traditions of Flemish Yoga Pioneers