Stretching for Jesus: Christian Yoga, embodiment, and transcendence

Authors

  • Renan Dantas UNICAMP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/1677-1222.2020vol20i1a5

Keywords:

Phenomenological Anthropology, Christian Yoga, Embodiment.

Abstract

This article aims to analyze, from a phenomenological-anthropological point of view, the life lines, body modulations, of the sensibilities and perception involved in the invention and practice of Christian yoga, a form of yoga created by the Jesuit priest Haroldo J. Rahm. Therefore, we follow as empirical anchorage ethnographic and historical-literary sources, about practices, retreats and books on Christian yoga and its psychosomatic exercises, aiming 1) draw his lifelines, and 2) follow them from the point of view of embodiment.

Author Biography

Renan Dantas, UNICAMP

Mestrando em antropologia social (UNICAMP).

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Published

2020-06-24

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 1 (2020): O corpo em movimento: espiritualidade e transcendência

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Seção Temática

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