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This book suggests there is a sense in which meditation might also be considered a form of combat, citing a variety of spiritual disciplines that employ the heavy use of martial arts images and categories as part of their self-description. It provides an approach to understanding the connection between martial arts and spirituality in such diverse disciplines as Japanese alkido, Chinese tsi chi chuan, Hindu yoga, Christian ascetism, Zen Buddhism and Islamic Jihad.

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Author:   Michael L. Raposa (Professor of Religion Studies, Lehigh University)
Publisher:   University of Virginia Press
Imprint:   University of Virginia Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.30cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 20.40cm
Weight:   0.363kg
ISBN:  

9780813922386

ISBN 10:   0813922380
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   30 December 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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The theme of Meditation and the Martial Arts is that martial discipline is necessary to bring the soul into such a state that it can love and make peace: Raposa has an extraordinary argument here, profound, historically deep, and more relevant than a new energy supply.

<p>The theme of Meditation and the Martial Arts is that martial discipline is necessary to bring the soul into such a state that it can love and make peace: Raposa has an extraordinary argument here, profound, historically deep, and more relevant than a new energy supply.--Robert C. NevilleDean of the Boston University School of Theology, author of The Truth of Broken Symbols

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Michael L. Raposa, Professor of Religion Studies at Lehigh University, is the author of Peirce's Philosophy of Religion and Boredom and the Religious Imagination (Virginia).

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