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Contemplative practices in action : spirituality, meditation, and health / Thomas G. Plante, editor ; foreword by Huston Smith.

Contributor(s): Plante, Thomas G
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, [2010]Copyright date: ©2010Description: x, 261 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780313382567 (hard copy : alk. paper); 0313382565 (hard copy : alk. paper)Subject(s): Meditation -- Health aspects | Medicine -- Religious aspectsDDC classification: 204/.35 LOC classification: BL65.M4 | C587 2010Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction : contemplative practices in action / Thomas G. Plante, Adi Raz, and Doug Oman -- Similarity in diversity? Four shared functions of contemplative practice systems / Doug Oman -- Managing stress mindfully / Hooria Jazaieri and Shauna L. Shapiro -- Translating spiritual ideals into daily life : the eight-point program of passage meditation / Tim Flinders ... [et al.] -- Centering prayer : a method of Christian meditation for our time / Jane K. Ferguson -- Mantram repetition : a "portable contemplative practice" for modern times / Jill E. Bormann -- "The eternal is with me, I shall not fear" : Jewish contemplative practices and well-being / Zari Weiss and David Levy -- A comprehensive contemplative approach from the Islamic tradition / Aisha Hamdan -- The path of yoga / T. Anne Richards -- Zen and the transformation of emotional and physical stress into well-being / Sarita Tamayo-Moraga and Darlene Cohen Roshi -- The impact of meditation practices in the daily life of Silicon Valley leaders / Andre L. Delbecq -- "Shaking the blues away" : energizing spiritual practices for the treatment of chronic pain / Amy B. Wachholtz and Michelle J. Pearce -- A pilgrimage from suffering to solidarity : walking the path of contemplative practices / Gerdenio Manuel and Martha E. Stortz -- Contemplative practices in action : now what? / Thomas G. Plante and Adi Raz.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : contemplative practices in action / Thomas G. Plante, Adi Raz, and Doug Oman -- Similarity in diversity? Four shared functions of contemplative practice systems / Doug Oman -- Managing stress mindfully / Hooria Jazaieri and Shauna L. Shapiro -- Translating spiritual ideals into daily life : the eight-point program of passage meditation / Tim Flinders ... [et al.] -- Centering prayer : a method of Christian meditation for our time / Jane K. Ferguson -- Mantram repetition : a "portable contemplative practice" for modern times / Jill E. Bormann -- "The eternal is with me, I shall not fear" : Jewish contemplative practices and well-being / Zari Weiss and David Levy -- A comprehensive contemplative approach from the Islamic tradition / Aisha Hamdan -- The path of yoga / T. Anne Richards -- Zen and the transformation of emotional and physical stress into well-being / Sarita Tamayo-Moraga and Darlene Cohen Roshi -- The impact of meditation practices in the daily life of Silicon Valley leaders / Andre L. Delbecq -- "Shaking the blues away" : energizing spiritual practices for the treatment of chronic pain / Amy B. Wachholtz and Michelle J. Pearce -- A pilgrimage from suffering to solidarity : walking the path of contemplative practices / Gerdenio Manuel and Martha E. Stortz -- Contemplative practices in action : now what? / Thomas G. Plante and Adi Raz.

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