The ''ISKCON Communications Journal'' (''ICJ'') was a biannual

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of dialogue, focussing on issues related to missionary development in ISKCON (

International Society for Krishna Consciousness The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), known colloquially as the Hare Krishna movement or Hare Krishnas, is a Gaudiya Vaishnava Hindu religious organization. ISKCON was founded in 1966 in New York City by A. C. Bhaktiv ...

) and with issues of communication, administration, social development and education which affected mission in ISKCON. ''ICJ'' also provided a forum for members of various communities to comment on ISKCON's development. It was established in 1993 and was published by ISKCON Communications Europe until its last issue appeared in 2005. The ''ICJ'' came to be regarded by scholars as ISKCON's intellectual magazine and published papers by a number of prominent scholars. British sociologist James Beckford saw the ''ICJ'' as an example of the contribution of religious movements to their own academic study. Beckford held that the magazine showed how "organic intellectuals" of ISKCON were discussing their research and ideas with scholars and in some cases conducting joint research. According to the Danish religious studies scholar

Mikael Rothstein Mikael Rothstein (born 8 May 1961) is an associate professor of religious history at the University of Copenhagen in Copenhagen, Denmark. Rothstein earned his PhD in 1993 and became a Lector at the University of Copenhagen in 2001.Bente Clausen ...

, the magazine was a means of internal communication in ISKCON, as well as forum for dialogue with academics. In his view, the magazine represented ISKCON's fundamental interest in good relations with the academic community.Rothstein 1996, p.207 The founder and

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of ''ICJ'' throughout its life was

Shaunaka Rishi Das Shaunaka Rishi Das (; born 18 February 1961 as Timothy Kiernan) is the Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies (OCHS), a position he has held since the Centre's foundation in 1997. He is a lecturer, a broadcaster, and Hindu Chaplain to ...

References

Bibliography

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