Prayer and Meditation
Abigail Brundin, Deborah Howard, Mary Laven
Oxford Scholarship Online August 23, 2018 DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198816553.003.0004 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Historical analysis Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Meditation |
| Key points | Argues that domestic prayer practices were often far removed from official guidance, and that individuals used a range of tools and devices to aid prayer at home. Drawing on archival records, printed books and pamphlets, and images, the chapter examines how people chose spaces and times for prayer, the forms prayer took, and how these practices and tools were shared within families and other networks, including distinctive home-based meditation. |
Abstract
Where, when, and how did individuals pray at home? What tools and devices did they employ to aid their practice of prayer? How were such tools and practices shared between family members and other networks? Via the study of a range of different sources, including archival records, printed books and pamphlets, and images, this chapter roots out domestic practices of prayer that were often far removed from any kind of official guidance. It considers the different stages of preparing to pray, including identifying an appropriate space and time in the home, and the different forms that prayer might take. First-hand accounts demonstrate domestic prayer in action. The final section of this chapter explores the distinctive forms of meditation that were practised within the home.
Comparable studies
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|---|---|---|---|
| Mindfulness: A proposed operational definition. | 2004 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Mechanisms of mindfulness | 2005 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| How Does Mindfulness Meditation Work? Proposing Mechanisms of Action From a Conceptual and Neural Perspective | 2011 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for depression | 2006 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-transcendence (S-ART): a framework for understanding the neurobiological mechanisms of mindfulness | 2012 | Theoretical or philosophical paper |