Human bodily movement and spirituality

Platovnjak, Ivan (author), Zovko, Vinko (author)

Movement is a reality that is linked to all dimensions of human life and action. People move in different ways and for different purposes. Various studies confirm that regular physical activity has a positive effect on a person’s overall health. In this article, the authors examine the connection between a person's bodily movement and his or her spirituality. In four chapters, they reinforce the thesis that human beings move not only physically but also spiritually, and that their bodily movement enables them to live a more integrated spiritual life. In the first chapter, they briefly introduce movement as a fundamental reality of human life. In the second chapter they define spirituality, which should always be alive and also embodied in movement. In the third chapter, they describe Christian spirituality lived out in various forms of human bodily movement, limiting themselves to three basic ones: walking, running, and dancing. As there is often a lack of connection between theory and practise, the last chapter briefly shows how to draw attention to bodily movement such that it has a greater influence on spiritual life.

• Language: English
• Keywords: physical culture, mindfulness, learning, bodily movement, dancing, prayer, running, spirituality, walking
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: TEOF - Theological Faculty; EF - School of Economics and Business
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2023
• Number of pages: Str. 541-553
• Numbering: God. 21, br. 3
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-159803
• UDC: 2-58:796.07
• ISSN on article: 1334-2312
• DOI: 10.31192/np.21.3.4
• COBISS.SI-ID: 173287427

Copyright

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• Publication date in RUL: 25.07.2024

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Nova prisutnost : časopis za intelektualna i duhovna pitanja
• Shortened title: Nova prisut.
• Publisher: Kršćanski akademski krug
• ISSN: 1334-2312
• COBISS.SI-ID: 4005722

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• License: CC BY-NC 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
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Secondary language

• Language: Croatian
• Title: Ljudsko tjelesno kretanje i duhovnost

Abstract

Kretanje je stvarnost koja je povezana sa svim dimenzijama našega života i djelovanja. Ljudi se kreću na različite načine i u različite svrhe. Razna istraživanja potvrđuju da redovita tjelesna aktivnost pozitivno utječe na čovjekovo cjelokupno zdravlje. U ovom članku autori ispituju vezu između tjelesnoga kretanja osobe i njezine duhovnosti. U četiri poglavlja učvršćuju tezu da se ljudska bića ne kreću samo fizički nego i duhovno te da im njihovo tjelesno kretanje omogućuje cjelovitiji duhovni život. U prvom poglavlju ukratko opisuju kretanje kao temeljnu stvarnost ljudskoga života. U drugom poglavlju definiraju duhovnost koja uvijek treba biti živa i također utjelovljena u kretanju. U trećem poglavlju opisuju kršćansku duhovnost življenu u različitim oblicima ljudskog tjelesnog kretanja. Ograničavaju se na tri osnovna: hodanje, trčanje i ples. Budući da često nedostaje veza između teorije i prakse, u posljednjem poglavlju autori ukratko opisuju kako veća pozornost usmjerena na tjelesno kretanje može više utjecati na duhovni život.

• Keywords: duhovnost, hodanje, molitva, usredotočena svjesnost, ples, tjelesno kretanje, trčanje

Projects

• Funder: ARIS - Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
• Project number: P6-0269
• Name: Religija, etika, edukacija in izzivi sodobne družbe