ISKCON Communications Journal

{{Short description|Indian Hindu magazine}}

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{{Use Indian English|date=June 2025}}

{{Infobox magazine

| title = ISKCON Communications Journal

| image_file = ISKCON Communications Journal.jpg

| editor = Shaunaka Rishi Das

| category = Hindu studies

| publisher = International Society for Krishna Consciousness

| frequency = Biannual

| founded = 1994

| lastdate = 2005

| website = {{URL|http://content.iskcon.org/icj/index.html}}

| OCLC = 425957799

| LCCN =

| issn = 1358-3867

}}

The ISKCON Communications Journal (ICJ) was a biannual magazineRochford 2007, p.141 of dialogue, focussing on issues related to missionary development in ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness) and with issues of communication, administration, social development and education which affected mission in ISKCON.ICJ Mission Statement, http://content.iskcon.org/icj/index.html ICJ also provided a forum for members of various communities to comment on ISKCON's development.Geertz, Warburg & Christensen 2008, p.32 It was established in 1993Rothstein 1996, p.207{{harvnb|Zablocki|Robbins|2001|p=517}} 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 magazineGeertz, Warburg & Christensen 2008, p.32 and published papers by a number of prominent scholars.Altglas, Véronique 2005, p.165-188 British sociologist James Beckford saw the ICJ as an example of the contribution of religious movements to their own academic study.Beckford 2003, p.153 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.Beckford 2003, p.153 According to the Danish religious studies scholar Mikael Rothstein, 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 commissioning editor of ICJ throughout its life was Shaunaka Rishi Das.