August 2010 – James Miller

August 18, 2010

Fortieth Anniversary of the International Taoist Tai Chi Society

By: James Miller

For Danny Simmons, a Toronto musician and sound designer, Taoist tai chi has been a life-saver. Faced with the prospect of a double hip replacement, he took up this increasingly popular practice, and gradually regained strength and flexibility in his joints. “Taoist tai chi allowed me to take my health into my own hands,” he […]

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August 16, 2010

Religion, Nature and Modernization in China

By: James Miller

James Miller. 2010. Religion, Nature and Modernization in China. Pp. 107-122 in Technology, Trust and Religion: Roles of Religion in Controversies on Ecology and the Modification of Life edited by Willem B. Drees. Leiden: Leiden University Press. One of most important concepts in the Weberian theory of modernity is summed up in the German term Entzauberung, usually […]

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