religion

green spirituality and the limits to modernity

Posted on 26. Jun, 2012 by James Miller in ECOLOGY, limit, Opinion, Questions, religion, spirituality, sustainability, transcendence

In an online report on Religious Innovation for Sustainable Future (no longer available), Nina Witoszek (Oslo University) surveys a “pastoral renaissance” taking place across the globe.

the business of religion: buddhism, stock markets and the “authenticity” of religion

Posted on 07. Jun, 2012 by James Miller in BUDDHISM, BUDDHISM, BUDDHISM, BUDDHISM, business, economy, News, Opinion, religion

A recent news story on Reuters, headlined Thou Shalt Not Launch IPOs, China tells temples, reports that the State Administration for Religious Affairs (SARA) has issued an injunction against temples listing on the stock exchange.

the religion and ecology of the blang minority nationality

Posted on 16. Aug, 2011 by James Miller in blang, CHINA, ECOLOGY, economy, Fieldwork, religion

The question of how to promote a culture of ecological sustainability in China took me this summer to conduct exploratory fieldwork among the Blang minority nationality, in Yunnan province, close to the border between China and Myanmar. The Blang are one of China’s smaller nationality groups and occupy a remote mountainous terrain that is a gruelling and dangerous three-hour drive from the county town of Menghai. The economy of the Blang village where I stayed was based increasingly on the production of tea.

Call for Papers

Posted on 27. Jul, 2011 by James Miller in News and Discussions, call for papers, Daoism, HISTORY, journal, religion, Society

Daoism: Religion, History and Society

Call for Papers

While studies on Daoism have grown very fast over the past few decades, they do not have a distinct identity of their own within the larger academic world, and up to now lack a forum where concerned scholars can debate and further define the state and the future of the field. Thus, the Centre for Studies of Daoist Culture (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) and the École française d’Extrême-Orient have joined their efforts in creating this academic journal: Daoism: Religion, History and Society.