RS 412A - Contemplation and Compassion: A Course of Meditation Practice

Institution:

Merrimack College

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Description:

This is a course in which participants practice meditating. It also entails some study and conversation about meditating, its relationship to prayer, to religion, to ideas about God, to what may be disclosed about human beings by the act of meditating., the relationship of meditativeness (contemplativeness) to compassion and some comparative perspectives on the contemplative stream in some world religions. Students will be required to purchase a meditation pillow. Prerequisite: RS100A. Satisfies the second institutional requirement in religious and theological studies. Three hours a week.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.merrimack.edu

Phone Number:

(978) 837-5000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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