Meditation, Buddhism, and Science

Herausgeber: McMahan, David; Braun, Erik

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume explores the interrelations between Buddhist traditions and the scientific study of meditation. Essays consider the nature of modern meditation, its secularization, the values and goods implicit in practice, and the sorts of subjects that take shape under the influence of meditation framed within scientific discourse.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 154mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 383g
• ISBN-13: 9780190495800
• ISBN-10: 0190495804
• Artikelnr.: 47972995

Autorenporträt

David McMahan is the Charles A. Dana Professor of Religious Studies at Franklin & Marshall College. Erik Braun is an Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia.

Inhaltsangabe

* Table of Contents
* 1. Introduction: From Colonialism to Brainscans: Modern
Transformations of Buddhist Meditation
* David L. McMahan and Erik Braun
* 2. How Meditation Works: Theorizing the Role of Cultural Context in
Buddhist Contemplative Practices
* David L. McMahan
* 3. Looping Effects and the Cognitive Science of Mindfulness
Meditation
* Evan Thompson
* 4. Buddhism, Happiness, and the Science of Meditation
* William Edelglass
* 5. Reflections on Indian Buddhist Thought and the Scientific Study of
Meditation, Or: Why Scientists Should Talk More with Their Monks
* William S. Waldron
* 6. "Mind the Gap:" Appearance and Reality in Mindfulness-Based
Cognitive Therapy
* Joanna Cook
* 7. "Wherever You Go, There You . . . Aren't?" Non-self, Spirits, and
the Concept of the Person in Thai Buddhist Mindfulness
* Julia Cassaniti
* 8. "Mindfulness Makes You a Way Better Lover": Mindful Sex and the
Adaption of Buddhism to New Cultural Desires
* Jeff Wilson
* 9. Mindful but not Religious: Meditation and Enchantment in the Work
of Jon Kabat-Zinn
* Erik Braun
* 10. Is Mindfulness Buddhist? (And Why It Matters)
* Robert H. Sharf