Journal of Contemplative Studies
Advancing contemplative knowledge and practice
The Journal of Contemplative Studies (JCS) is open for submissions.
About Us
The Journal of Contemplative Studies
The Journal of Contemplative Studies (JCS) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by the Contemplative Sciences Center at the University of Virginia. The journal publishes original research and scholarship on topics related to contemplative practices with a focus on humanistic studies and transdisciplinary scholarship with a humanistic core.
The Executive Board is excited to announce that the Journal of Contemplative Studies (JCS) is open to accept the following submissions: Research Articles, Special Issues, Book Reviews, Community News and Research Notes for the JCS Blog.
Special Issues
JCS invites Special Issues that are thematically focused and curated by guest editors.
The Contemplative Forum is an academic email listserv that facilitates community announcements and the latest publication news from the Journal of Contemplative Studies.
Mushrooms in Nepal
Transdisciplinary Research at Biology-Buddhism Intersections Transdisciplinarity has emerged as a focal interest in academia over recent years and is conceptualized…
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 in Indian Buddhism (2021).
What is Contemplation?: An Interview With Tanya Luhrmann
Tanya Luhrmann is the Albert Ray Lang Professor of Anthropology at Stanford University, sometimes with a courtesy appointment in Psychology. She is the author of When God Talks Back: Understanding the American Evangelical Relationship with God (2012) and How God Becomes Real: Kindling the Presence of Invisible Others (2020).