Buddhist insight meditation (Vipassana) and Jon Kabat-Zinn's “Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction”: an example of dedifferentiation of religion and medicine?

For about 25 years, mindfulness meditation has attracted growing attention. Developed in the context of a traditional Asian religious tradition, mindfulness meditation originally served soteriological goals. In therapeutic settings, it has been claimed, it has become a secular ‘consciousness technol...

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Main Author: Schlieter, Jens 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Carfax Publ. [2017]
In: Journal of contemporary religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 32, Issue: 3, Pages: 447-463
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Kabat-Zinn, Jon 1944- / Mindfulness-based stress reduction / Vipaśyanā / Religion / Medicine
Further subjects:B Medicine
B Buddhism
B dedifferentiation
B Healing
B Mindfulness
B mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
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