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Reading the Dao
Continuum International Publishing 2010; US$ 140.00The Dao De Jing represents one of the most important works of Chinese philosophy, in which the author, Lao Zi (c. 580-500 BC), lays the foundations of Taoism. Composed of 81 short sections, the text itself is written in a poetic style that is ambiguous and challenging for the modern reader. Yet while its meaning may be obscure, the text displays the... more...
Ritual Alliances of the Putian Plain. Volume One
BRILL 2009; US$ 147.00This book documents the revival of local popular religion in Putian, Fujian. Volume 1 provides a historical introduction to 153 regional ritual alliances made up of 724 villages. Volume 2 surveys the population, lineages, temples, gods, and annual rituals of these villages. more...
Ritual Alliances of the Putian Plain. Volume Two
BRILL 2009; US$ 263.00This book documents the revival of local popular religion in Putian, Fujian. Volume 1 provides a historical introduction to 153 regional ritual alliances made up of 724 villages. Volume 2 surveys the population, lineages, temples, gods, and annual rituals of these villages. more...
Local Religion in North China in the Twentieth Century
BRILL 2009; US$ 147.00This book is a comprehensive survey of the structure, organization and institutionalization of local community religious traditions in north China villages in the twentieth century. more...
Darwinism and the Divine
Wiley 2011; US$ 98.95Darwinism and the Divine examines the implications of evolutionary thought for natural theology, from the time of publication of Darwin's On the Origin of Species to current debates on creationism and intelligent design. Questions whether Darwin's theory of natural selection really shook our fundamental beliefs, or whether they served to transform... more...
The Religious Question in Modern China
University of Chicago Press 2011; US$ 27.50Recent events—from strife in Tibet and the rapid growth of Christianity in China to the spectacular expansion of Chinese Buddhist organizations around the globe—vividly demonstrate that one cannot understand the modern Chinese world without attending closely to the question of religion. The Religious Question in Modern China highlights... more...
A Basic Dao
Long River Press 2009; US$ 12.95Aesthetic, minimalist presentation of the basic philosophical elements of the Dao De Jing (Tao Te Ching). more...
Tao Te Ching
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2012; US$ 12.95For nearly two generations, this translation of the Tao Te Ching has been the standard for those seeking access to the wisdom of Taoist thought. Now Jane English and her long-time editor, Toinette Lippe, have refreshed and revised the translation, so that it more faithfully reflects the Classical Chinese in which it was first written, while taking... more...
The Daodejing of Laozi
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2003; US$ 11.50Philip J. Ivanhoe's richly annotated translation of this classic work is accompanied by his engaging interpretation and commentary, a lucid introduction, and a Language Appendix that compares eight classic translations of the opening passage of the work and invites the reader to consider the principles upon which each was rendered. "Why another... more...
Do Nothing
Templeton Press 2009; US$ 9.99"Words,"writes Chuang Tzu, "are for catching ideas; once you've caught the idea, you can forget the words." In Do Nothing , author Siroj Sorajjakool lends us some of his insightful words to help us all "catch" the provocative ideas of one of China's most important literary and philosophical giants—one who emerged... more...









