Contemplative Studies in Context
Digital Archive @ GSU May 13, 2022 DOI: 10.57709/4075711 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Keywords | Contemplation Modernity Spirituality Secularity Context archaeology Aesthetics Epistemology Environmental ethics Theology |
| Key points | Argues that the field of Contemplative Studies reveals several previously unremarked nuances and paradoxes when situated within the contexts of modernity, spirituality in America, science, and secularity. |
Abstract
Contemplative Studies is an emerging field within higher education and American culture that is blurring the boundaries of modernity by bringing seemingly religious practices in spaces such as scientific laboratories, classrooms and corporate workplaces, which are often understood as secular environments. This thesis studies the field of Contemplative Studies in higher education by organizing it into the two categories, Contemplative Science and Contemplative Pedagogy in order to situate them in their proper contexts. The paper, then, situates the discourses of Contemplative Science and Contemplative Pedagogy in the larger context of modernity, spirituality in America, science and secularity. In doing so, it brings to light a number of nuances and paradoxes within the contemplative movement that have heretofore been uncommented upon.