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.

    All Dialogues

    What is Contemplation?

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

    All Interviews
    • 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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    • JCS Editor • July 9, 2026

      Author Insight

      An Article With Muhammad Faruque

      It is one thing to speak of interconnectedness at a theoretical level, but quite another to demonstrate, in practice, that it can be—and indeed is—achieved.
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