The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in Spirituality and Contemplative Studies

Bernadette Flanagan leads the research group Spirituality in Society and the Professions (SpirSoP) at the South East Technological University, Waterford Campus, Ireland. Her research covers such themes as indigeneity (Celtic), engaged spiritual practices, inner development goals for SDGs and pilgrimage. Kerri Clough is an Honorary Research Fellow and member of the Spirituality in Society & the Professions (SpirSoP) research group at South East Technological University (SETU), Waterford Campus, Ireland. She has researched across areas of public health, ageing, human health, well-being & spirituality.

List of Contributors Preface Jane Dalton Acknowledgements Part 1: Foundations 1. The Research Revolution: Emerging Discourses in Spirituality Studies Bernadette Flanagan 2. Discovering Spirituality through Critical Reflection and Autoethnography Cheryl Hunt 3. Spiritual Autobiography as a Prelude to Contemplative Research Inquiry Noelia Molina Part 2: Approaches to Contemplative Research 4. Heuristic Inquiry as Contemplative Practice Nevine Sultan 5. Organic Inquiry as a Contemplative Method Larisa Bardsley 6. Embodied Spiritual Inquiry: A Participatory Research Method for Spiritual and Contemplative Studies Olga Sohmer and Jorge Ferrer 7. Contemplative Science: Expanding the Scope of Empiricism to Increase the Convergence of Evidence Nicholas Matiasz and B. Alan Wallace 8. Critical Hermeneutical Inquiry of Participatory Spirituality, Buddhist Modernism, and Secularized Buddhism in North America Sabine Grunwald 9. Experimental Phenomenology in Research on Spirituality Lars-Gunnar Lundh 10. The Contribution of Felt Sensing and Focusing to Contemplative Research Greg Walkerden 11. From Frustration to Freedom: A spiritual diary as inspiration for diary research Christopher Staab Part 3: Contemplative Research in Education 12. Contemplative Inquiry as Research and Pedagogic Method Heesoon Bai, Heather Williams, Renata Cueto de Souza, Allen Yee, Charles Scott and Avraham Cohen 13. Contemplative Research as Arational Inquiry in an Irrational World Barbara Bickel 14. Narrative and the Paradoxical Ethos of Contemplative Inquiry Giovanni Rossini 15. Cooperative Inquiry: An Experiential and Participatory Research Method in Spirituality and Contemplative Studies Olga R. Sohmer 16. Spiritual “Quilting”: How Contemplative Practices Can Deepen and Humanize Understanding(s) of Global Citizenship Education Maureen Hall & Mary Ellen Lynch Part 4: Contemplative Research in Work and Leadership 17. Action Research in the Christian Spirituality of Action David Coghlan 18. Turning Within: The Spirit of Contemplative Research Elmor Van Staden Part 5: Contemplative Research in Science, Health and Healing 19. Bringing Compassion to Research: Contemplative Perspectives Natasha Huang 20. Compassion-Informed Inquiry and the Transformative Power of Compassion in Research Aizaiah G. Yong 21. Delving into Deeper Consciousness in Person-Centred Practice and Research: The Value of Non-Dual Self-Inquiry Maria Kefalogianni and George Fragakis 22. Body, Spirit, and Wonder in the Research Journey with Women in Recovery from Eating Disorders Tara Travers 23. Power and Privilege in the Study of Near-death Experiences Natasha Tassell-Matamua Part 6: Contemplative Research in Social Sciences 24. Transformative Phenomenology Valerie Bentz and James Marlatt 25. Contemplation in Ethnographic Fieldwork Deborah C. Breede 26. Contemplative Methodologies and Methods in Sociology and Social Research Vincenzo M.B. Giorgino 27. Advances in Contemplative Social Research. Inspirations from Phenomenology, Hatha Yoga, and Meditation Practice Krzysztof Konecki Part 7: Contemplative Research and the Way Forward 28. Mictlán and Xibalbá: Our Shared Home: Indigenous Contemplative Sciences through Rituals of Remembrance Yuria Celidwen 29. Spiritual Exchange: A Methodology of Relationality Vicki Bouvier and Jennifer MacDonald 30. The Impact of Contemplative Studies on Research Paradigms Louis Komjathy 31. Contemplative Practices and Artificial Intelligence Systems: Consciousness, Ethics and Bias Daniel Barbezat 32. Taking the Design Stance Towards Spiritual Cognition John Vervaeke 33. Towards a Convergence of Contemplative and Scientific Methods for Social Sciences and Public Policy Naresh Singh and Sudip Patra Index