Eastspirit : : transnational spirituality and religious circulation in east and west / / edited by Jorn Borup, Marianne Qvortrup Fibiger.

• TeilnehmendeR: Borup, Jørn.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2017.
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: International Studies in Religion and Society 29.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (339 pages).
• Notes: Includes index.

Mindfulness, yoga, Tantra, Zen, martial arts, karma, feng shui , Ayurveda. Eastern ideas and practices associated with Asian religions and spirituality have been accommodated to a global setting as both a spiritual/religious and a broader cultural phenomenon. ‘Eastern spirituality’ is present in organized religions, the spiritual New Age market, arts, literature, media, therapy, and health care but also in public institutions such as schools and prisons. Eastspirit: Transnational Spirituality and Religious Circulation in East and West describes and analyses such concepts, practices and traditions in their new ‘Western’ and global contexts as well as in their transformed expressions and reappropriations in religious traditions and individualized spiritualities ‘back in the East’ within the framework of mutual interaction and circulation, regionally and globally.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction / Jørn Borup and Marianne Qvortrup Fibiger -- Pizza, Curry, Skyr and Whirlpool Effects—Religious Circulations Between East and West / Jørn Borup -- Global Flows of Universal Energy? Aquatic Metaphors, Network Theory, and Modeling Reiki’s Development and Circulation in North America / Justin Stein -- Mindfulness on the Move: A Translocative Analysis of Global Mindfulness Flows / Jeff Wilson -- Śri Mātā Amṛtānandamayī Devī—The Global Worship of an Indian Female Guru / Marianne Qvortrup Fibiger -- Same Forms, Same Sensations? The Practice of Silent Sitting in Traditional Japanese and Contemporary Urban Settings / Inken Prohl -- ‘East’ and ‘West’ in the Kaleidoscope of Transculturality—The Discursive Production of the Kuṇḍalinī as a New Ontological Object Within and Beyond Orientalist Dichotomies / Dimitry Okropiridze -- Global Flows of Vietnamese Zen / Alexander Soucy -- Christianity and Positive Psychology—Are ‘Western’ Spiritual Practices Conquering the Chinese Spirit? / Gerda Wielander -- The Making of Power Spots: From New Age Spirituality to Shinto Spirituality / Norichika Horie -- The Significance of the Idea of Buddha’s Dependence on Kapila for the Rebirth of Sāṃkhyayoga in Nineteenth Century Bengal / Knut A. Jacobsen -- On the Road from Hinduism to Buddhism: Global Buddhism, the Conversion of Nepali Hindus, and What Comes Between / Cameron David Warner -- Young Buddhism: Analyzing Transnational Currents of Religion Among Ladakhi Buddhist Youth in India / Elizabeth Lane Williams-Oerberg -- Religious Encounters in Thailand: International Meditation Centers Within Transnational Settings / Brooke Schedneck -- Finding It: Echoes of America in Taiwan’s New Age / Paul J. Farrelly -- Index.