CO-SPONSORSHIP: Cognitive Science of Religion Unit and Contemplative Studies Unit

From its earliest inception, contemplative studies has relied on cognitive science methodologies to more deeply investigate the phenomena of contemplative practices across traditions. There has been less scholarship, however, exploring intersections between contemplative studies and the subfield of cognitive science of religion specifically. This call invites new scholarship focusing on such intersections. Paper or panel proposals could include applied CSR to contemplative traditions, methodological analyses of how CSR and contemplative studies might be mutually informative, or any other work that topically concerns CSR and contemplative studies.