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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    • Josh Brahinsky, Jonas Mago, Mark Miller, and Michael Lifshitz • October 23, 2025

      Two Paths, One Spiral

      Comparative Insights from Jhāna Meditation and Speaking in Tongues

      Jhāna meditation and the practice of speaking in tongues could hardly look more different. In jhāna, the body settles into stillness: quiet, seated, composed. From the outside, nothing stirs—an almost austere calm, cultivated through generations of Buddhist teaching that has…
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    • JCS Editor • August 29, 2025

      Special Issue Announcement

      Special Issue #09: Contemplative Computing

      The JCS Editors are delighted to announce Special Issue #09: Contemplative Computing, with guest editors Angela Orebaugh (University of Virginia), Alex Soojung-Kim Pang (Stanford University), and Gunter Bombaerts (Eindhoven University of Technology). This Special Issue invites scholars to explore the…
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    • JCS Editor • August 29, 2025

      Special Issue Announcement

      Special Issue #08: Contemplation in Education and Human Development

      The JCS Editors are delighted to announce Special Issue #08: Contemplation in Education and Human Development with guest editors Robert W. Roeser (Emory University), Brendan Ozawa-de Silva (Emory University), Yuki Imoto (Keio University), and Kimberly Schonert-Reichl (University of Illinois, Chicago)….
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    • JCS Editor • August 15, 2025

      Contemplation + Leadership

      An Interview With Ian H. Solomon

      JCS: Thanks for joining us for this series called Contemplation Plus. What we’re interested in is contemplation and its myriad of expressions. It’s about contemplation and whatever that means to you at the intersection of an area that is the…
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    • JCS Editor • July 31, 2025

      Special Issue Announcement

      Special Issue #7

      The JCS Editors are excited to announce Special Issue #07: Micro-Phenomenology, Heart Openings, and Contemplative Practice with guest editors Christian Suhr and Martijn van Beek. In recent years, micro-phenomenological interviews have been used across a range of disciplines to understand the rich textures of human experience,…
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    • JCS Editor • July 15, 2025

      Author Insight

      An Interview With Bin Song

      JCS: What does contemplation look like in Confucianism? BS: First, it’s important to note that the term Confucianism was popularized by nineteenth-century Christian missionaries during Western colonial expansion. In its original language, this tradition has long been called the Ru (儒)…
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