What Can I Gift Myself? A Meeting between Christian and Buddhist Forms of Meditation from an Autistic Perspective

The past fifty years have seen some growth in theological and spiritual interest in the sacred spaces where Christian and Buddhist spirituality and spiritual practices meet and can mutually enhance each other. Likewise, there has been an increased interest in exploring the sacred space where, in gen...

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主要作者: Barber, Christopher (Author)
格式: 電子 Article
語言:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
出版: [2015]
In: Journal for the Study of Spirituality
Year: 2015, 卷: 5, 發布: 2, Pages: 157-169
Further subjects:B Buddhist spirituality
B meditative prayer
B Spirituality
B Contemplative Prayer
B Christian Spirituality
B autistic spirituality
在線閱讀: Volltext (Publisher)
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總結:The past fifty years have seen some growth in theological and spiritual interest in the sacred spaces where Christian and Buddhist spirituality and spiritual practices meet and can mutually enhance each other. Likewise, there has been an increased interest in exploring the sacred space where, in general, spirituality and disability meet. This article sets out to explore, through the eyes and spirituality of two adults with Asperger's syndrome/high functioning autism, how three specific forms of Buddhist meditative practices can be adapted to fit within a Christian spiritual paradigm
ISSN:2044-0251
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal for the Study of Spirituality
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1179/2044024315Z.00000000048A