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JCS Editor • November 8, 2024
What is Contemplation?
An Interview with Sonam Kachru
Sonam Kachru is Assistant Professor in the Religious Studies Department at Yale University, specializing in the history of premodern South Asian philosophy and literature, with an emphasis on Buddhist philosophy. He is the author of Other Lives: Mind and World… -
JCS Editor • October 24, 2024
What is Contemplation?
An Interview With Tanya Luhrmann
Conducted by Erin Burke, a doctoral candidate at the University of Virginia and a Research Assistant at the Journal of Contemplative Studies. JCS: What is contemplation? TL: So, the word “contemplation” can be narrowly or broadly construed. I tend to construe… -
JCS Editor • October 18, 2024
Contemplative Studies Panels at AAR Conference
November 23-26, 2024
The Contemplative Studies Unit at the American Academy of Religion is sponsoring three panels at the annual conference in San Diego, CA from November 23-26, 2024: Confucian Contemplation: Historical Landscape and Contemporary Significance. Saturday, 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM. Convention… -
JCS Editor • October 10, 2024
What is Contemplation?
An Interview with Marc-Henri Deroche
Conducted by Adam Liddle, Associate Editor for the Journal of Contemplative Studies. JCS: In your perspective, what is contemplation? MHD: It’s a vast question. In a nutshell, I would consider it a form of union of love and knowledge. This is… -
JCS Editor • September 26, 2024
What is Contemplation?
An Interview With Harold D. Roth
Conducted by Adam Liddle, Associate Editor for the Journal of Contemplative Studies. JCS: OK, let’s dive in. So what is contemplation? HR: Many people don’t want to define it at all and want to leave it up to individuals. But contemplation… -
JCS Editor • September 13, 2024
What is Contemplation?
An Interview With Kevin Hart
Conducted by James MacNee, a doctoral candidate at the University of Virginia and a Research Assistant at the Journal of Contemplative Studies. JCS: Thank you so much for joining us. Our first question is: What is contemplation? KH: If only there… -
JCS Editor • August 22, 2024
What is Contemplation?
An Interview With John Dunne
Conducted by Adam Liddle, Associate Editor for the Journal of Contemplative Studies. JCS: Thanks for joining us, John. In your perspective, what is contemplation? JD: Well, I think that we’re not going to come up with a definition. Or more specifically,… -
JCS Editor • August 15, 2024
New Special Issue Article
Re-Visioning Ethnography Through Meditative Practice
“Re-Visioning Ethnography Through Meditative Practice: The Proposal for a Contemplative Anthropology and Its Experience through Visual Elicitation Technique” by Federico Divino, Visual and Digital Cultures research center at the University of Antwerp Abstract: This article introduces a novel method presently… -
JCS Editor • August 8, 2024
What is Contemplation?
An Interview With Stephanie Paulsell
Conducted by Erin Burke, a doctoral candidate at the University of Virginia and a Research Assistant at the Journal of Contemplative Studies. JCS: What do you think contemplation or contemplative practice is? SP: I’m a medievalist by training, and so the texts I…
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JCS Editor • November 8, 2024
What is Contemplation?
An Interview with Sonam Kachru
Sonam Kachru is Assistant Professor in the Religious Studies Department at Yale University, specializing in the history of premodern South Asian philosophy and literature, with an emphasis on Buddhist philosophy. He is the author of Other Lives: Mind and World… -
JCS Editor • October 24, 2024
What is Contemplation?
An Interview With Tanya Luhrmann
Conducted by Erin Burke, a doctoral candidate at the University of Virginia and a Research Assistant at the Journal of Contemplative Studies. JCS: What is contemplation? TL: So, the word “contemplation” can be narrowly or broadly construed. I tend to construe… -
JCS Editor • October 18, 2024
Contemplative Studies Panels at AAR Conference
November 23-26, 2024
The Contemplative Studies Unit at the American Academy of Religion is sponsoring three panels at the annual conference in San Diego, CA from November 23-26, 2024: Confucian Contemplation: Historical Landscape and Contemporary Significance. Saturday, 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM. Convention… -
JCS Editor • October 10, 2024
What is Contemplation?
An Interview with Marc-Henri Deroche
Conducted by Adam Liddle, Associate Editor for the Journal of Contemplative Studies. JCS: In your perspective, what is contemplation? MHD: It’s a vast question. In a nutshell, I would consider it a form of union of love and knowledge. This is… -
JCS Editor • September 26, 2024
What is Contemplation?
An Interview With Harold D. Roth
Conducted by Adam Liddle, Associate Editor for the Journal of Contemplative Studies. JCS: OK, let’s dive in. So what is contemplation? HR: Many people don’t want to define it at all and want to leave it up to individuals. But contemplation… -
JCS Editor • September 13, 2024
What is Contemplation?
An Interview With Kevin Hart
Conducted by James MacNee, a doctoral candidate at the University of Virginia and a Research Assistant at the Journal of Contemplative Studies. JCS: Thank you so much for joining us. Our first question is: What is contemplation? KH: If only there…