International Society for Contemplative Research

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James Peltz, Editor-in-Chief
Areas of focus: Asian Studies; Religious Studies; Italian American Studies; Film Studies; Jewish Studies
james.peltz@sunypress.edu

Explore our Series:

Contemplative Studies, Harold D. Roth and Judith Simmer-Brown, eds.
NEW SERIES: We are actively soliciting submissions. This series is committed to publishing rigorous academic research and scholarship concerning contemplative experience as a first-person mode of concentration, reflection, knowing, and insight. The emergence of contemplative studies as an interdisciplinary field has brought into dialogue scholars from a number of disciplines, including philosophers in the tradition of phenomenology; neuroscientists looking for distinct brain signatures in meditative experience; cognitive scientists interested in the influence of mindfulness on mental and emotional functioning; artists investigating creativity; and religious studies scholars analyzing the historical and intellectual contexts of profound experiences of self-transformation. The series welcomes monographs and edited volumes, including works coauthored by scientists and humanists, that explore the overarching theme of the nature and significance of human contemplative experience.

Chinese Philosophy and Culture, Roger T. Ames, ed.
This series provides a broad consideration of Chinese philosophy and culture, encompassing both historical sinological research and more purely philosophical work. It covers material from early China to the modern period, and includes philosophy, religion, literature, the arts, and culture generally. A well-regarded and prominent component of the series is work in comparative East-West philosophy.

Prophetic Wisdom

By Charles R. Strain
Subjects: Religion And Spirituality
Series: SUNY series in Religious Studies

Shows how Engaged Buddhists can expand their understanding of the causes of collective suffering and develop nonviolent means for social transformation through a dialectic of love, power, and justice.

Soft Science Sustainability

By Ragnhild Utheim
Subjects: Education

Multifaceted exploration of the dimensions of education for climate justice.

A Wild and Sacred Call

By Will W. Adams
Foreword by David R. Loy
Subjects: Psychology
Series: SUNY series in Transpersonal and Humanistic Psychology

An ecopsychological, ecospiritual exploration of humankind's relationship with the rest of nature.

The Contemplative Foundations of Classical Daoism

By Harold D. Roth
Subjects: Religion And Spirituality
Series: SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture

Brings early Daoist writings into conversation with contemporary contemplative studies.

Mindfulness as Sustainability

By Maria Jaoudi
Subjects: Religion And Spirituality
Series: SUNY series on Religion and the Environment

Offers practical and personal ways to help mitigate global climate change while sustaining an emotional and spiritual center through mindfulness practice.

Opening to the Real

By Frank R. Sinclair
Subjects: Religion And Spirituality

Recollections and reflections that introduce the reader to the equivalent of the practice of the presence of God.

The Other Emptiness

Edited by Michael R. Sheehy & Klaus-Dieter Mathes
Subjects: Religion And Spirituality

Presents a new vision of the Buddhist history and philosophy of emptiness in Tibet.

Tuning the Student Mind

By Molly Beauregard
Subjects: Education

Explores the effectiveness and value of meditation in a college classroom.

Catalyzing the Field

Edited by Olen Gunnlaugson, Charles Scott, Heesoon Bai, and Edward W. Sarath
Subjects: Education

A rich collection of essays about the inner, shared experiences of participants engaged in second-person approaches to contemplative practice.

Meditation and the Classroom

Edited by Judith Simmer-Brown & Fran Grace
Subjects: Religion And Spirituality
Series: SUNY series in Religious Studies

A ground-breaking book on using meditation in education and how it can enhance teaching and learning.

Buddhist Women and Social Justice

Edited by Karma Lekshe Tsomo
Subjects: Gender And Sexuality
Series: SUNY series, Feminist Philosophy

Looks at Buddhist women's activism for social change from the time of Buddha to the present day.

Buddhist Women Across Cultures

Edited by Karma Lekshe Tsomo
Subjects: Religion And Spirituality
Series: SUNY series, Feminist Philosophy

Illuminates the lives and thought of women in Buddhist cultures, integrating them more fully into the feminist conversation.

Path to the Middle: Oral Mādhyamika Philosophy in Tibet

Edited by Anne Carolyn Klein
Subjects: History
Series: SUNY series in Buddhist Studies

Does a Bodhisattva's initial direct cognition of emptiness differ from subsequent ones? Can one "improve" a nondualistic understanding of the unconditioned and, if so, what role might subtle states of ...