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Director of Religious Studies and Instructor of Philosophy, University of Memphis

Practicing mindfulness doesn’t have to mean being removed from the world. PeopleImages/iStock via Getty Images Plus

March 23, 2023

This course asks, ‘What is mindfulness?’ – but don’t expect a clear‑cut answer

Kevin C. Taylor, University of Memphis

Mindfulness is everywhere in pop culture today, but that doesn’t mean people agree on what it means.

Monsters and spirits –including ‘tsukumogami,’ which are made of everyday objects – in the ‘Hyakki-Yagyō-Emaki’ scroll, painted between the 14th and 16th centuries. Wikimedia Commons

October 28, 2022

Japan’s ‘waste not, want not’ philosophy has deep religious and cultural roots, from monsters and meditation to Marie Kondo’s tidying up

Kevin C. Taylor, University of Memphis

Shinto and Buddhist ideas about interconnectedness have deeply influenced Japan, shaping centuries-old rituals and stories whose impact continues today.

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