Contemplative Practices in Action

Contemplative Practices in Action: Spirituality, Meditation, and Health
AuthorThomas G. Plante (ed.),
Huston Smith (foreword)
LanguageEnglish
Genremedicine, religion, psychology
PublisherPraeger
Publication date
2010
Publication placeUnited States
Pages245
ISBN978-0-313-38256-7
OCLC529295626

Contemplative Practices in Action: Spirituality, Meditation, and Health is an interdisciplinary scholarly and scientific book. It examines the nature, function, and impact of meditation and other contemplative practices in several different religious traditions, both eastern and western, including methods for incorporating contemplative practice into education, healthcare, and other human services. Edited by Thomas G. Plante and with a foreword by Huston Smith, the book was published in the United States by Prager in 2010. The book reviews evidences for health effects and includes 14 chapters divided among three major parts that focus on well-defined systems of practice, traditions as storehouses of many alternative forms of practice, and applications. It has been reviewed in several professional journals, including PsycCRITIQUES,[1] and the Journal of Psychosocial Research,.[2]

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