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Journal of Hindu-Christian studies

ISSN 2164-6260

9 papers in the library · 4 citations · publishing 1993-2017

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Issues in Christian Encounters with Yoga: Exploring 3HO/Kundalini Yoga

Journal of Hindu-Christian studies 2017 Michael Stoeber

The paper begins by drawing out current issues that have been raised by critics concerning the contemporary practice of Hindu postural types of yoga in western and specifically western Christian contexts, with some illustrative reference to contemporary movements and schools, especially to Bikram Yoga. These are: cultural misappropriation; commodification; lack of moral pre-requisites;...

DOI: 10.7825/2164-6279.1655 (opens in new tab) Meditation Hinduism Spirituality Commodification +2

Practice and the Comparative Study of Mysticism: The Yoga Sūtra and The Cloud of Unknowing

Journal of Hindu-Christian studies 2016 Glenn Young

In his entry for the term “mysticism” in the updated edition of the Encyclopedia of Religion, Peter Moore writes that “the varieties of mystical practice tend to receive less scholarly attention than the varieties of experience or doctrine.”1 Bernard McGinn similarly claims that many studies of mysticism “so emphasize the moment of mystical contact . . . that they neglect the study of the...

DOI: 10.7825/2164-6279.1631 (opens in new tab)

Yoga and the Jesus Prayer—A Comparison between aṣtānga yoga in the Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali and the Psycho-Physical Method of Hesychasm

Journal of Hindu-Christian studies 2015 Eiji Hisamatsu, Ramesh Pattni 1 citation

The present article will try to show differences and similarities in description about the ascetic teaching and mystical experience of two totally different spiritual traditions, i.e. in regard to the “Jesus Prayer” in the late Byzantine era and “yoga” in ancient India. A prayer made much use of by Christians in the Eastern Orthodox Church is the so-called “Jesus Prayer” or “Prayer of the...

DOI: 10.7825/2164-6279.1606 (opens in new tab)

Between and Beyond Canons: Mirabai and Hadewijch in Relation to Scripture and the Self

Journal of Hindu-Christian studies November 7, 2014 Holly Hillgardner

Mirabai, a sixteenth century bhakta, wrote passionate songs of her desire for God. Burning for him, she employed the genre of viraha-bhakti, a mystical eroticism of longing from the Vaiṣṇava tradition, as she begged for him to “[c]ome and extinguish the fire of separation.” Hadewijch, a thirteenth-century Beguine from low-country Europe, wrote poems, letters, and prose that tell of her longing...

DOI: 10.7825/2164-6279.1577 (opens in new tab)

Interiority and Connectivity: A Brief Comparative Study on the Relation of Scripture and Contemplation in Bridal Mysticism and Krishna Bhakti

Journal of Hindu-Christian studies November 7, 2014 Graham M. Schweig

In this study I bring two disparate traditions together which have painted portraits of divinity as a divine lover and supreme beloved. One tradition is from sixteenth century Europe and the other from sixteenth century India. My focus here is on the function of contemplative experience and vision in relation to the scriptural depictions and descriptions of divine love within both Carmelite...

DOI: 10.7825/2164-6279.1576 (opens in new tab)

Inter-Religious Contexts and Comparative Theology in the Thought of Evelyn Underhill: Symbolic Narratives of Mysticism and the Songs of Kabīr

Journal of Hindu-Christian studies November 19, 2013 Michael Stoeber 3 citations

Evelyn Underhill (1875-1941) regards mysticism as the core of religion. All religions include various dimensions: scripture/ mythology, doctrine/ philosophy, ethics/ law, social/institutional features, ritual, material aspects, and personal and communal experience. For Underhill, personal religious experience inspires and influences the development of these other aspects of religion—the heart...

DOI: 10.7825/2164-6279.1550 (opens in new tab) Mysticism Narrative Mythology Spirituality +6