Contemplative Currents

    Contemplative Currents is an online magazine for public scholarship that advances contemplative knowing, practicing, and living.

    Contemplation +

    is an ongoing series of dialogues that explores intersections of contemplation with diverse topics.

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    What is Contemplation?

    is a series that interviews leading scholars in Contemplative Studies to address this driving question.

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  • JCS Editor • January 18, 2024

    Call for Film Reviews

    We invite reviews of films in Contemplative Studies. Rigorous and insightful reviews are an integral part of JCS’s mission to inform and connect scholars and practitioners in the field of Contemplative Studies. Proposals are invited to review new films, as…
  • JCS Editor • December 21, 2023

    Book Review

    The Oxford Handbook of Meditation

    Read the new Review of The Oxford Handbook of Meditation (2019), edited by Miguel Farias, David Brazier, and Mansur Lalljee. Reviewed by Stephen Dawson (University of Lynchburg).  This review examines this expansive and valuable recently edited volume on the study…
  • JCS Editor • December 14, 2023

    Call for Book Reviews

    We invite reviews of books in Contemplative Studies. Rigorous and insightful reviews are an integral part of JCS’s mission to inform and connect scholars and practitioners in the field of Contemplative Studies. Proposals are invited to review new publications, as…
  • JCS Editor • October 19, 2023

    Book Review

    Routledge Handbook of Yoga and Meditation Studies

    Read the new Review of the Routledge Handbook of Yoga and Meditation Studies (2023). Edited by Suzanne Newcombe and Karen O’Brien-Kop. Reviewed by Alan Brill (Seton Hall University). This review discusses a helpful edited volume featuring recent scholarship on yoga…
  • JCS Editor • June 14, 2023

    Call for Book Reviews

    We invite reviews of books in Contemplative Studies. Rigorous and insightful reviews are integral to JCS’s mission to inform and connect scholars and practitioners in Contemplative Studies. Proposals are invited to review new publications as well as foundational works of…
  • JCS Editor • May 18, 2023

    Book Review

    The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Meditation

    Read the new Review of the Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Meditation (2022). Edited by Rick Repetti. Reviewed by Francisco Figueroa Medina (Kyoto University). The review outlines the contributions of this important edited volume on recent scholarship about the…
  • JCS Editor • October 29, 2026

    Special Issue Published

    Special Issue #01: Psychedelics, Contemplation, and Religion

    The Journal of Contemplative Studies is happy to announce that Special Issue #01: Psychedelics, Contemplation, and Religion, has been fully published! Guest edited by Stuart Ray Sarbacker, Oregon State University, and Daniel A. Hirshberg, University of Colorado Boulder, this issue…
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  • JCS Editor • October 22, 2026

    Contemplative Studies at the AAR Annual Meeting

    November 21-24, 2026

    Contemplative Studies Unit Whither the future? Forward-looking Frameworks for Contemplative Research  Hosted by: Contemplative Studies Unit Sunday, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM. This panel draws on forward-looking methodologies for understanding contemplative praxis. Drawing from a range of traditions, from Indigenous traditions,…
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  • JCS Editor • October 8, 2026

    Contemplation + Justice

    An Interview with Rhonda Magee

     I could readily see how mindfulness might support our students in deepening their skillfulness as lawyers, in listening, thinking, writing, in helping people resolve immediate conflict. 
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  • JCS Editor • October 1, 2026

    Contemplation + SENSEmaking

    An Interview with Mikey Siegel

    How do you create universally accessible tools and technologies  to shift collective human consciousness?   
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  • JCS Editor • September 17, 2026

    Contemplation + SENSEmaking

    An Interview with JoVia Armstrong

    I think it’s about intention, right? Some people have argued that all music is therapeutic. But what if it was intentionally composed that way?
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  • JCS Editor • July 30, 2026

    Contemplation + Scrolling

    An Interview With Sarah Beach

    “Mindful scrolling,” or the mindful use of any technology, is a little bit of a contradiction, like putting a square peg in a round hole.
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