# Video: Transcendence and Transformation, Take Two October 03, 2022 Charles M. Stang, Director of the Center for the Study of World Religions (CSWR), discussed the Center’s new initiative, “Transcendence and Transformation,” and introduced its second cohort of research associates and post-doctoral fellows: Barakatullo Ashurov, Sravana Borkataky-Varma, Michael Ennis, Michael Ferguson, and Shiraz Hajiani. The new initiative will study religious and spiritual traditions and practices—ancient and modern, global in reach—that aim for the transcendence of our normal states of being, consciousness, and embodiment, and the consequent transformation of individual, community, and society. *Video: * *Audio: [https://soundcloud.com/harvard-divinity-school/transcendence-and-transf…](https://soundcloud.com/harvard-divinity-school/transcendence-and-transformation-take-two)* See also:- [ Video ](/news-classification/video) - [ Transcendence and Transformation ](/programming-threads/transcendence-and-transformation)