Special Issues

Thematic issues with guest editors

About Special Issues

The Journal of Contemplative Studies publishes Special Issues with guest editors on thematically coherent topics in Contemplative Studies. Each Special Issue, curated by guest editors, invites authors to contribute original research and scholarship on a single topic. Guest editors can either be invited by a member of the JCS Executive or Editorial Board to curate a Special Issue or propose a Special Issue via the online form accessed on the Submissions webpage. Proposals are reviewed by the JCS Editors and if selected, the guest editors will be invited into the production process. While topically collated, articles are peer-reviewed and published on a rolling basis.

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    Contemplative Computing

  • Image credit: One 007, Kelvy Bird, 2008. Oil on canvas, 24 × 24 in. Reproduced with permission of the artist.

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    Contemplation in Education and Human Development

  • 07

    Micro-Phenomenology, Heart Openings, and Contemplative Practice

  • 06

    Confucian Contemplation

  • 05

    Contemplation in Africana Traditions

  • 04

    Philosophy and Contemplation in Tantric Buddhism

  • 03

    Contemplative Ecology

  • 02

    Mindful Practices and Embodied Critical Thinking: Tensions and Transitions

  • Cover for the upcoming special issue of JCS. The text reads: Psychedelics, Contemplation, and Religion. Edited by: Daniel A. Hirshberg, Stuart Ray Sarbacker. Journal of Contemplative Studies, Issue 1, 2023.

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    Psychedelics, Contemplation, and Religion