August 14, 2013
By: James Miller
James Miller. 2013. "Monitory Democracy and Ecological Civilization in the People's Republic of China." Pp. 137-148 in Civil Society in the Age of Monitory Democracy edited by Lars Trägårdh, Nina Witoszek and Bron Taylor. Oxford: Berghahn Books. Introduction In what...
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By: James Miller
James Miller. 2013. "Daoism and Development." Pp. 113-123 in Handbook of Research on Development and Religion edited by Matthew Clarke. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. Overview of Daoism Daoism, also spelled Taoism, is China’s organized, indigenous religious system. Daoists take as their focus...
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August 12, 2013
By: James Miller
James Miller. 2013. "Authenticity, Sincerity and Spontaneity: The Mutual Implication of Nature and Religion in China and the West." Method and Theory in the Study of Religion 25: 283-307 Abstract Fundamental approaches to ethics and morality in both China and the...
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August 10, 2013
By: James Miller
James Miller, Dan Smyer Yu and Peter van der Veer, eds. 2014. Religion and Ecological Sustainability in China. New York: Routledge. This book sheds light on the social imagination of nature and environment in contemporary China. It demonstrates how the urgent debate...
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March 16, 2013
By: James Miller
Daniel M. Murray and James Miller. 2013. "The Daoist Society of Brazil and the Globalization of Orthodox Unity." Journal of Daoist Studies 6: 93-114. Abstract Taken out of Chinese cultural context, Daoism is often associated with physical cultivation practices such as qigong...
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August 16, 2010
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...
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August 9, 2008
By: James Miller
[caption id="attachment_27" align="alignright" width="199"] The Way of HIghest Clarity by James Miller[/caption] James Miller. The Way of Highest Clarity: Nature, Vision and Revelation in Medieval China, Magdalena, NM: Three PInes Press, 2008. US$34.95. ISBN 978-1-931483-09-4 The Way of Highest Clarity was...
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August 10, 2006
By: James Miller
[caption id="attachment_36" align="alignright" width="232"] Chinese Religions in Contemporary Societies edited by James Miller[/caption] James Miller, ed. Chinese Religions in Contemporary Societies, Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO Press, 2006. Print US$85.00 1851096264; eBook US$90.00 1851096310 Chinese Religions in Contemporary Societies is a comprehensive introduction to the...
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August 9, 2003
By: James Miller
[caption id="attachment_35" align="alignright" width="192"] Daoism: A Beginner's Guide by James Miller[/caption] Daoism: A Beginner's Guide (Oxford: Oneworld Publications 2008). 192pp. ISBN-13: 978-1851685660. US$14.95 This is a republication of my earlier book, Daoism A Short Introduction. (Oxford: Oneworld Publications 2003). Pp. xviii+174. ISBN 1-85168-315-1,...
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