The Trouble with Jesuits, Part 10
From the Catholic Education Daily:
"Loyola Marymount University recently announced it will begin offering a Master of Arts in Yoga. Although often viewed today as a form of exercise independent of its religious origins in Hinduism, yoga spirituality seems to be a heavy emphasis of the LMU graduate degree program."
There's only one problem....
"Loyola Marymount University recently announced it will begin offering a Master of Arts in Yoga. Although often viewed today as a form of exercise independent of its religious origins in Hinduism, yoga spirituality seems to be a heavy emphasis of the LMU graduate degree program."
In
1989, the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith warned about the
“dangers” involved in Catholics implementing eastern methods of
meditation such as yoga. The document stated, “With the present
diffusion of eastern methods of meditation in the Christian world and in
ecclesial communities, we find ourselves faced with a pointed renewal
of an attempt, which is not free from dangers and errors, to fuse
Christian meditation with that which is non-Christian.” - See more at:
http://www.cardinalnewmansociety.org/CatholicEducationDaily/DetailsPage/tabid/102/ArticleID/2456/Jesuit-University-Offers-Master%E2%80%99s-Degree-in-Yoga-Spirituality.aspx#sthash.qb7bqo42.dpuf
There's only one problem....
"In 1989, the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith warned
about the “dangers” involved in Catholics implementing eastern methods of
meditation such as yoga. The document stated, “With the present diffusion of
eastern methods of meditation in the Christian world and in ecclesial
communities, we find ourselves faced with a pointed renewal of an attempt,
which is not free from dangers and errors, to fuse Christian meditation with that
which is non-Christian.”
Loyola Marymount University recently announced it
will begin offering a Master of Arts in Yoga. Although often viewed
today as a form of exercise independent of its religious origins in
Hinduism, yoga spirituality seems to be a heavy emphasis of the LMU
graduate degree program. - See more at:
http://www.cardinalnewmansociety.org/CatholicEducationDaily/DetailsPage/tabid/102/ArticleID/2456/Jesuit-University-Offers-Master%E2%80%99s-Degree-in-Yoga-Spirituality.aspx#sthash.qb7bqo42.dpuf
Loyola Marymount University recently announced it
will begin offering a Master of Arts in Yoga. Although often viewed
today as a form of exercise independent of its religious origins in
Hinduism, yoga spirituality seems to be a heavy emphasis of the LMU
graduate degree program. - See more at:
http://www.cardinalnewmansociety.org/CatholicEducationDaily/DetailsPage/tabid/102/ArticleID/2456/Jesuit-University-Offers-Master%E2%80%99s-Degree-in-Yoga-Spirituality.aspx#sthash.qb7bqo42.dpuf
Loyola Marymount University recently announced it
will begin offering a Master of Arts in Yoga. Although often viewed
today as a form of exercise independent of its religious origins in
Hinduism, yoga spirituality seems to be a heavy emphasis of the LMU
graduate degree program. - See more at:
http://www.cardinalnewmansociety.org/CatholicEducationDaily/DetailsPage/tabid/102/ArticleID/2456/Jesuit-University-Offers-Master%E2%80%99s-Degree-in-Yoga-Spirituality.aspx#sthash.qb7bqo42.dpuf
posted by jope @ August 22, 2013
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