Journal of Contemplative Studies

Aims & Scope

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. JCS is focused on publishing rigorous academic work on contemplation that is deeply grounded in the humanities in the most capacious sense. The journal publishes original research and scholarship on topics related to the world’s contemplative practice traditions—historical and contemporary, religious and secular. Articles are not restricted to a particular disciplinary or methodological approach and submissions could be, but are not limited to, scholarly methods that are comparative, text-critical, historical, theoretical, ethnographic, or phenomenological. While the focus of the journal is humanistic studies on contemplation, we encourage interdisciplinary scholarly collaborations with a humanistic core. We invite interdisciplinary collaborative studies across the contemplative arts, humanities, anthropology, sciences, and technology, and we welcome submissions that reflect multi- and trans-disciplinary approaches. We do not accept journal article submissions that are single-method empirical studies, meta-analyses, and similar scientific reviews. JCS is not intended for articles that simply present or describe a contemplative intervention or a program for applied contemplative practices, as might be found in the context of contemplative pedagogy or clinical practice—for example, a summary of a new mindfulness-based intervention for use in schools or the workplace. In contrast, an article that examines mindfulness-based interventions through the lens of some scholarly perspective, such as cultural history, would be welcome.

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