Nonprofits offer services to disadvantaged populations, mobilize collective action, and
advocate for civil rights. Conducting this work requires significant resources, raising the …

Mindful meditation is now embraced in virtually all corners of society today, from K-12
schools to Fortune 100 companies, and its virtues extolled by national and international …

Western society has never been more interested in interiority. Indeed, it seems more and
more people are deliberately looking inward—toward the mind, the body, or both. Michal …

Trauma is an inescapable part of being human, whether caused by external events or
internal struggles. Self-reflection and self-awareness aid in the recovery from external …

The book examines how 'spirituality'has emerged as a relatively 'silent'category with which
people often signal that they are looking for a way to navigate between the categories of the …

Drawing from an ethnographic study of fasting among converts to Eastern Orthodox
Christianity in the United States, this article develops a conceptualization of embodied …

Studies on the benefits of meditation show that the practice reduces stress and helps
achieve a feeling of equanimity and peacefulness. These studies have tended to view …

Can cognitive neuroscience contribute to cultural sociology? We argue that it can, but to
profit from such contributions requires developing coherent positions at the level of ontology …

The growing popularity of Western secular mindfulness programs in recent decades has
frequently been criticized by sociologists. Mindfulness in this line of argument is viewed as …

The present study examined the contributions of mindfulness meditation practice on job
burnout, a choice of stress coping styles, and job satisfaction. The online survey data were …