Browsing Cultural Studies Interdisciplinary Graduate Program: Prof. James Miller by Publish Date
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Why Believing in the Afterlife is Valuable
(2012-06-04)A (somewhat) humourous talk given at a philosophy student debate at Queen’s University -
Liminal animals: exotic, endangered and transgenic creatures
(2012-06-04)Notes for a talk given at a workshop on imagining the non-human other in Asian and continental philosophies, University of Alberta, 2010. -
China's Quest for an Ecologically Sustainable Culture
(Atlantic-Community.org, 2009-09-06)China has to consider its environmental future and must look to concepts of sustainability to do so. With the indigenous religion of Taoism Beijing has the tools it needs to foster a culture of sustainability. -
Creating Cultures of Ecological Sustainability
(2012-06-04)Notes for a lecture given at graduate conference on Asian Studies given at Arizona State University on October 17, 2009. -
Daoism and Nature
(2012-06-04)Draft essay on Daoism and Nature for the Oxford Handbook of Religion and Ecology edited by Roger Gottlieb (Oxford University Press). -
Manifesto for a Daoist Theology of Messianic Wisdom
(Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, 2004)This manifesto is an attempt to mark the theoretical foundations for a constructive Daoist theology of wisdom. It asks what the characteristics of such a theology ought to be and establishes the parameters within which ... -
Ecology, Aesthetics and Daoist Body Cultivation
(2012-06-04)he Daoist religious tradition offers a wide repertoire of body cultivation practices that focus on generating a phenomenological sensitivity to the inner body and its location within the world. These practices can be ... -
Is Green the New Red? The Role of Religion in Creating a Sustainable China
(2012-06-04)The Chinese Daoist Assocation has embarked upon an ambitious agenda to promote Daoism as China’s “green religion.” This new construction of “green Daoism” differs, however, from both traditional Chinese and modern Western ... -
Living Light: Shangqing Daoist Cultivation in Theory and Practice
(2012-06-04)Notes for a presentation given at a Conference on Daoist Cultivation, Vashon Island, WA, May 2001 -
Monitory Democracy and Ecological Civilization in the People’s Republic of China
(2012-06-04)In what sense can religious values and institutions in China be seen as elements of civil society that have the function of challenging and monitoring the interests, values and actions of the state? To answer this question, ... -
Nature in Chinese Traditions of Thought
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2012)A survey of key themes and debates in Chinese philosophy and religion relating to the concept of nature. -
TRANSFIGURED SPACE The Education and Cultivation of Perfected Purple Yang
(2012-06-04)An analysis of the Esoteric Biography of the Purple Perfected Yang 紫陽真人內傳, a hagiography prized and transmitted by the Xu 許 family, in whose midst originated the medieval Daoist religious movement known as Way of Highest ... -
Humans Must Conquer Nature: Philosophical and Religious Sources of China’s Anti-Environmental Ideology
(Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Shanghai, 2010)Traditional Chinese philosophy is well known for its monistic cosmology in which heaven, earth, and human beings are mutually implicated in an evolving organic process known as the Way (dao). This vision is broadly shared ... -
Religion, Ecology and the Future of the Human Species
(2012-06-04)Slides for a lecture given at the Harvest Conference, Rural Church Network, Muenster SK. -
Religión, Naturaleza y Modernidad: la búsqueda para un futuro sostenible en la República popular de China
(2012-06-04)Lecture given at the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, December 2005 -
Chinese Sexual Yoga and the Way of Immortality
(2012-06-04)Bedchamber arts belong to a broad tradition of macrobiotic practices within Chinese culture aimed at improving health and wellbeing, and extending the lifespan of the physical body. Related practices involve the regulation of ... -
Nature, Impersonality, and Absence in the Theology of Highest Clarity Daoism
(2012-06-04)This essay describes salient features of the theological vision of the Way of Highest Clarity (Shangqing Dao), a Daoist religious movement that began in the late fourth century of the common era. The tradition emphasized ... -
RELS-235* Religion and Environment: Or how I learned to stop worrying about my lectures and love my students
(2012-06-04)This paper reflects on my experience of teaching a 200-level interdisciplinary course on “Religion and the Environment” which fulfilled requirements for students in religious studies and environmental studies. The course ... -
Of Alchemy and Authenticity:Teaching About Daoism Today
(Teaching Theology and Religion, 2007)The authors discuss the complexities and responsibilities of teaching about Daoism in contemporary North American colleges and universities. Expanding and revising the findings of Kirkland (1998), they argue that enough ... -
The Economy of Cosmic Power: A Vision for a Daoist Theology of Religion
(2012-06-04)A comparison of Daoist and Christian religious ideas using Robert Cummings Neville's theory of religious ideas.