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Efficacious Surroundings: Temple Space and Buddhist Well-being
Author Walsh, Michael J.
Source Journal of Religion & Health
Volumev.46 n.4
Date2007.12
Pages471 - 479
PublisherSpringer Science & Business Media B.V.
Publisher Url http://www.springer.com/gp/
LocationDordrecht, the Netherlands [多德雷赫特, 荷蘭]
Content type期刊論文=Journal Article
Language英文=English
NoteMichael J. Walsh, Department of Religion, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, USA
KeywordBuddhism; Temple space; Religion; Centrality; Well-being; Praxis
AbstractThis essay argues that the prospect of health and well-being from a Buddhist perspective must take into account an understanding of religiosity as a process of becoming, a culturally and contextually defined praxis of what and who it is we are and would like to become. It is in this process of becoming that a space of healing is made possible. It is not simply that Buddhist temple space is ‘good’ in some sort of clinical manner, but rather that it is active in its will to achieve a space of becoming healthy and whole
Table of contentsIntroduction 471
Health Defined 472
Health Refined 473
Historical Overview 474
Negotiating Sacrality 476
Sacred Space 476
Conclusion: Levels of Spatiality 478
References 478
ISSN00224197 (P); 15736571 (E)
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Created date2008.03.25
Modified date2019.11.14



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