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19For Heaven’s Sake: Tian in Daoist Religious ThoughtEuropean Journal for Philosophy of Religion 8 (1): 163--186. 2016.This essay is an overview of the role of Heaven in Daoist religious thought prior to the Tang Dynasty. Lao-Zhuang teachings portray Heaven as helper of the perfected person, who has parted with the human and thereby evinces a heavenly light. The Huainanzi compares possessing Heaven’s Heart to leaning on an unbudgeable pillar and drawing on an inexhaustible storehouse, enabling one to shed mere humanity as a snake discards its skin. The Heguanzi homologizes Heaven and Taiyi and by the Six Dynasti…Read more
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11Chinese Philosophy: Overview of Topics If Chinese philosophy may be said to have begun around 2000 B.C.E., then it represents the longest continuous heritage of philosophical reflection. Trying to mention each philosopher or every significant thinker is not possible. This article is highly selective by choosing philosophers according to two basic principles: Those who … Continue reading Chinese Philosophy: Overview of Topics →.
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92Confucianism: An IntroductionI.B. Tauris. 2010."China has 'arrived,' and Ronnie Littlejohn helps us know this antique culture better. In his entirely accessible introduction, Littlejohn has done the academy the timely service of resourcing the best contemporary research in sinology to tell the compelling story of a living Confucianism as it has meandered through the dynasties to flow down to our present time." -- Roger T. Ames, Professor of Philosophy, University of Hawai’i "Although basically intended as an introductory text for undergradu…Read more
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34Review of Taoism: The Enduring Tradition by Russell Kirkland (review)Philosophy East and West 57 (3): 389-392. 2007.
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1China : too twisted to fit a carpenter's square : using and teaching the DaodejingIn David Edward Jones & Ellen R. Klein (eds.), Asian Texts, Asian Contexts: Encounters with Asian Philosophies and Religions, State University of New York Press. 2009.
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52Taishan’s tradition: The quantification and prioritization of moral wrongs in a contemporary Daoist religionDao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 2 (1): 117-140. 2002.
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