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Jazlee Crowley, Brenna Rose Prevelige, and Dee Denver • March 20, 2025The Bodhi Trees of Kaua‘i
Piloting a Transdisciplinary Approach to Understanding the Impacts of an Introduced Sacred Species
We launched a transdisciplinary project focusing on Bodhi trees (Ficus religiosa) inhabiting the island of Kaua‘i that integrated biological and Buddhist-contemplative approaches in partnership with a local Soto Zen Buddhist community. -
Brenna Rose Prevelige, Jazlee Crowley, Dana K. Howe, and Dee Denver • February 13, 2025Mushrooms in Nepal
Piloting Transdisciplinary Research at the Intersections of Mycology and Buddhist Philosophy
Transdisciplinarity has emerged as a focal interest in academia over recent years and is conceptualized and applied in many ways. Transdisciplinary approaches aim to dissolve the traditional silos of academic fields, deeply integrating disciplines from the outset of a project…. -
JCS Editor • February 29, 2024New Special Issue Article
Portrait of a Poison: Datura in Buddhist Magic
“Portrait of a Poison: Datura in Buddhist Magic,” by Samuel M. Grimes, University of California, Berkeley Abstract: The psychoactive plant Datura metel appears across a range of traditions in premodern South Asia preserved in texts. Among those traditions is the… -
JCS Editor • September 27, 2023Call for Papers
Special Issue #5: Contemplation in Africana Traditions
The JCS Editors are delighted to announce a call for papers for a Special Issue devoted to Contemplation in Africana Traditions with guest editors Oludamini Ogunnaike (University of Virginia), Georgette Mulunda Ledgister (Harvard Divinity School), and Funlayo E. Wood (Harvard… -
JCS Editor • September 13, 2023Call for Papers
Special Issue #4: Philosophy and Contemplation in Tantric Buddhism
The JCS Editors are delighted to announce a call for papers for a Special Issue devoted to Philosophy and Contemplation in Tantric Buddhism with guest editor Yaroslav Komarovski (University of Nebraska – Lincoln). This JCS Special Issue gives attention to intersections and… -
JCS Editor • May 24, 2023Call for Papers
Special Issue #3: Contemplative Ecology
The JCS Editors are delighted to announce a call for papers for a Special Issue devoted to Contemplative Ecology with guest editors Douglas Christie (Loyola Marymount University), Simone Kotva (Cambridge University), Ariel Evan Mayse (Stanford University), and Devin Zuckerman (University… -
JCS Editor • March 23, 2023Propose a JCS Special Issue
The JCS Editors invite proposals to guest edit a Special Issue by filling-in the Special Issue Proposal Form via the Submissions page. JCS Special Issues invite and collate select articles on a coherent theme that collectively contribute to Contemplative Studies…. -
JCS Editor • February 9, 2023Special Issue #2
Mindful Practices and Embodied Critical Thinking
The JCS Editors are delighted to announce a forthcoming Special Issue dedicated to exploring the tensions and transitions between mindful practices and embodied critical thinking. By guest editors Donata Schoeller, Sigridur Thorgeirsdottir, and Greg Walkerden. This Special Issue explores embodied…
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JCS Editor • March 27, 2025ISCR Conference 2025
Call for Submissions
Submissions Due April 30th, 2025 The third annual conference of the International Society for Contemplative Research (ISCR) will be held on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from November 3-6, 2025. The ISCR 2025 is an international… -
Jazlee Crowley, Brenna Rose Prevelige, and Dee Denver • March 20, 2025
The Bodhi Trees of Kaua‘i
Piloting a Transdisciplinary Approach to Understanding the Impacts of an Introduced Sacred Species
We launched a transdisciplinary project focusing on Bodhi trees (Ficus religiosa) inhabiting the island of Kaua‘i that integrated biological and Buddhist-contemplative approaches in partnership with a local Soto Zen Buddhist community. -
JCS Editor • March 13, 2025Special Issue Article
Riven: A Mysticism of Place in Times of Grief
After a century and a half of focus on Buddhist doctrine, academic attention is increasingly being paid to practice. What remains undertheorized, however, is the relation between the two. An example of this is the idea that tantric practice is… -
JCS Editor • March 6, 2025Special Issue Article
Contemplative Life amidst Mass Extinction: Catholic Revisions of Spirituality, Law, and Multispecies Justice
After a century and a half of focus on Buddhist doctrine, academic attention is increasingly being paid to practice. What remains undertheorized, however, is the relation between the two. An example of this is the idea that tantric practice is… -
JCS Editor • February 27, 2025Contemplation + The Body
An Interview With Donata Schoeller
Donata Schoeller is the co-founder and academic director of the European Erasmus training program Embodied Critical Thinking and Understanding (TECTU), and the principal investigator and conceptual director of the international research project “Freedom to make sense: embodied, experiential and mindful… -
Brenna Rose Prevelige, Jazlee Crowley, Dana K. Howe, and Dee Denver • February 13, 2025
Mushrooms in Nepal
Piloting Transdisciplinary Research at the Intersections of Mycology and Buddhist Philosophy
Transdisciplinarity has emerged as a focal interest in academia over recent years and is conceptualized and applied in many ways. Transdisciplinary approaches aim to dissolve the traditional silos of academic fields, deeply integrating disciplines from the outset of a project….