The Globalization of Hesychasm and the Jesus Prayer

Contesting Contemplation

Dr Christopher D.L. Johnson

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Continuum Publishing Corporation
24 May 2012

Orthodox & Oriental Churches; Christian prayer; Christian mysticism

Series: Continuum Advances in Religious Studies

The meditative prayer practices known as Hesychasm and the Jesus Prayer have played an important role in the history of Eastern Orthodox Christianity. This book explores how these prayer practices have spread from a primarily monastic setting within Orthodox Christianity, into general Orthodox Christian usage, and finally into wider contemporary Western culture. As a result of this gradual geographic shift from a local to a global setting, caused mainly by immigration and dissemination of related texts, there has been a parallel shift of interpretation causing disagreement. By analyzing ongoing conversations on the practices, this book shows how such disagreements are due to differences in the way groups understand the ideas of authority and tradition. These fundamental ideas lie beneath much of the current discussion on particular aspects of the practices and also contribute to the wider academic debate over the globalization and appropriation of religious traditions.

By: Dr Christopher D.L. Johnson
Imprint: Continuum Publishing Corporation
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: NIPPOD
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 307g
ISBN: 9781441141521
ISBN 10: 1441141529
Series: Continuum Advances in Religious Studies
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 24 May 2012
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Christopher D. L. Johnson is Instructor of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, USA.

Reviews for The Globalization of Hesychasm and the Jesus Prayer: Contesting Contemplation

The tension between the two attitudes- subjectivised religious practice that uses the Jesus Prayer, icons, and other 'tools' from the Orthodox tradition for an individual spiritual experience versus a confessionally bound and theologically grounded understanding of hesychasm- are characteristic of the globalised situation of hesychasm. Johnson's study of The Globalization of Hesychasm and the Jesus Prayer has the great merit to foreground this tension and to demonstrate the contemporary relevance and dynamism of an ancient Orthodox Christian practice. -- Journal of Contemporary Religion, Vol. 27, No. 1