The Way of Highest Clarity
daojiao yu shengtai
Chinese Religions Daoism: A Short Introduction Daoism and EcologyDaoismoDaoism: A Beginner's GuideJournal of the Royal Asiatic Society Shanghai

Publications

As part of his academic work over the past ten years, James Miller has published an extensive body of literature on Daoism, China's organized indigenous religion. His work has been translated into Chinese and Italian, and ranges from more technical academic publications, to material of a general, introductory nature that is suitable for the broad public as well as university students.

Books

  1. Miller, James.2008. The Way of Highest Clarity: Nature, Vision and Revelation in Medieval China. Magdalena, NM: Three PInes Press. Distributed by University of Hawai'i Press.
  2. Miller, James, ed. 2006. Chinese Religions in Contemporary Societies. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.
    • Miller, James. Introduction.
    • Miller, James. The Historical Legacy of China's Religious Traditions.
    • Miller, James. The Opium of the People: Religion, Science and Modernity.
    • He Xiang and James Miller. Confucian Spirituality in an Ecological Age
  3. Miller, James. 2003. Daoism: A Short Introduction. Oxford: OneWorld.
    Italian translation Daoismo: Una Introduzione. by M. Ghilardi. Roma: Fazi Editore 2005. Republished in 2008 as Daoism: A Beginner's Guide.
  4. Girardot, N. J., James Miller, and Liu Xiaogan, eds. 2001. Daoism and Ecology: Ways within a Cosmic Landscape. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
    Chinese translation 道教与生态 [Daojiao yu shengtai] by Chen Xia. Nanjing, China: Jiangsu Education Press 2008.
    • N. J. Girardot, Miller, James and Liu Xiaogan. "Introduction."
    • Miller, James with Jorge Highland, and Liu Xiaogan with Zhong Hongzhi and Belle B. L. Tan. "An Annotated Bibliography of Daoism and Ecology"
    • Miller, James. "Sectional Discussion: What Can Daoism Contribute to Ecology?"
    • Miller, James, Richard G. Wang, and Ned Davis. Sectional Discussion: What Ecological Themes are Found in Daoist Texts?
    • Patterson, John and James Miller. Sectional Discussion: How Successfully Can We Apply the Concepts of Ecology to Daoist Cultural Contexts?
    • Miller, James and Russell B. Goodman. Sectional Discussion: What Are the Speculative Implications of Early Daoist Texts for an Ecological Ethics?
    • Miller, James. Sectional Discussion: How is Daoism a Vital Tradition for a Contemporary Ecological Consciousness?

Book Chapters

  1. Miller, James. 2010 Submitted. "Nature" in Blackwell Companion to Chinese Religions edited by Randall Nadeau. Oxford: Blackwell.
  2. Miller, James. 2009. "Religion, Nature and Modernization in China" in Technology, Trust and Religion edited by Willem B. Drees. Leiden: University of Leiden Press.
  3. Miller. James. 2006. "Daoism and Nature" in Oxford Handbook of Religions and Ecology edtied by Roger S. Gottlieb. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  4. Miller, James. 2004. “The Economy of Cosmic Power: A Vision for a Daoist Theology of Religion” in Theology in a Global Context: Essays in Honor of Robert Cummings Neville edited by Amos Yong and Peter Heltzel. Edinburgh: T & T Clark.
  5. Miller, James. 2004. “A Manifesto Toward a Daoist Theology of Messianic Wisdom.” Op. 283-301 in Wisdom in China and the West, edited by Vincent Shen and Willard Oxtoby. Washington DC: The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy.
  6. Miller, James. 2003. "Daoism and Nature." Pp 393-410 in Nature Across Cultures: Non-Western Views of Nature and Environment edited by Helaine Selin. The Hague: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Journal Articles

  1. Miller, James. 2010. "生态学，美学与道教修炼 / Ecology, Aesthetics and Daoist Body Cultivation."学术研究 Journal of Academic Research. 2010.4
  2. Miller, James. 2010 . "Chinese Cultural Factors Favoring Biotechnology Research." Worldviews, Global Religions, Culture and Ecology 14.1: 96-105.
  3. Miller, James. 2010. "Philosophical and Religious Sources of Modern Chinese Environmental Ideology." Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Shanghai 74.1
  4. Miller,James. 2009. "All Nature Was A Mirror: A Reponse to Augustin Berque's All Nature Was A Garden." Western Humanities Review (Fall 2009): 23-29.
  5. Miller, James and Elijah Siegler. 2007. "Of Alchemy and Authenticity: Teaching About Daoism Today." Teaching Theology and Religion. 10.2: 101-108
  6. Miller, James. 2001. "Envisioning The Daoist Body in the Economy of Cosmic Power." Daedalus (Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences)
  7. Miller, James. 1998. "Daoism and Ecology." Earth Ethics 10.1: 26-27
  8. Miller, James. 1995. "The Literary Structure of Mark: An interpretation based on 1 Corinthians 2:1-8." Expository Times 106.10: 296-299

Encyclopedia Articles

  1. Miller, James. 2005. "Daoism and Nature." In Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature edited by Bron Taylor and Jeff Kaplan. New York: Continuum.
  2. Miller, James. 2005. "Taoism and Christianity." In The New Westminster Dictionary of Christian Spirituality edited by Philip Sheldrake. Lousville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press.
  3. Miller, James. 2005. "Ecology and Religion: Daoism and Ecology." In Encyclopedia of Religion, Second Edition edited by Lindsay Jones. New York: MacMillan Reference.
  4. Miller, James. 2004. "Daoism." In Holy People of the World: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO.
  5. Miller, James. 2003. "Dao." In Encyclopedia of Science and Religion edited by J. Wentzel Vrede van Huyssteen with Niels Henrik Gregerson, Nancy R. Howell, and Wesley J.Wildman. New York: Macmillan.

Review Articles

  1. Miller, James. 2008. "The Encyclopedia of Taoism." Religious Studies Review 34.4 (December 2008): 261-264.
  2. Miller, James. 2007. "The Taoist Canon: A Historical Companion to the Daozang." Religious Studies Review 33.1 (January 2007): 23-28
  3. Miller, James. 2002. "J. J. Clarke's The Tao of the West and the Emerging Discipline of Daoist Studies." Religious Studies Review.

Book Reviews

  1. Miller, James. 2008. Review of Cultivating Perfection: Mysticism and Self-transformation in Early Quanzhen Daoism by Louis Komjathy (Brill 2008). Sophia 47.3.
  2. Miller, James. 2008. Review of Overcoming our Evil: Human Nature and Spiritual Exercises in Xunzi and Augustine by Aaron Stalnaker (Georgetown University Press 2006). Theological Studies 69.1: 201-202.
  3. Miller, James. 2007. Review of The Pristine Dao by Thomas Michael (SUNY Press 2005). Journal of Asian Studies 66.4: 1122-1124.
  4. Miller, James. 2001. Review of Mysticism and Kingship in China: The Heart of Chinese Wisdom by Julia Ching (Cambridge University Press 1997). Journal of Asian Studies (60.4: 1146-7)
  5. Miller, James. 2001. Review of Wandering at Ease in the Zhuangzi edited by Roger T. Ames (SUNY Press 1998). Philosophy East & West 51.1
  6. Miller, James. 1998. Review of Opening the Dragon Gate by Chen Kaiguo and Zheng Shunchao, translated by Thomas Cleary. Journal of Chinese Religions 26: 153-4.

Academic Conference Papers

  1. Miller, James. 2008. "Traditional Values for Environmental Protection in China." Forum on Religion and Ecology Tenth Anniversary. Yale Club, New York.
  2. Miller, James. 2008. Invited Respondent. "International Perspectives on Nature and Culture." Institute for the Humanities, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC.
  3. Miller, James. 2008. Panelist, “Historical Compendium to the Taoist Canon Review Panel.” Daoist Studies Group. American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
  4. Miller, James. 2008. “Religion, Nature and Modernity.” Shanghai Forum. Fudan University, China.
  5. Miller, James. 2007. "The Space of Nature and the Nature of Space in the Esoteric Biography of Purple Perfected Yang." Fourth International Conference on Daoist Studies. November 21-25. Hong Kong. Presented also at University of Sydney and Australian National University.
  6. Miller, James. 2006. "Daoism, Ecology and Modernization." International Conference on Daoism in the Contemporary World. Frauenwoerth Monastery, Chiemsee, Germany.
  7. Miller, James. 2005. "Ecology and the State: The Politics and Prospects of Daoist Studies." Daoist Studies Consultation, American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA.
  8. Miller, James. 2005. "Is not your very body stolen? The virtue of theft in the Liezi" Paper presented at the South East Conference of the Association for Asian Studies, Lexington, KY.
  9. Miller, James. 2005. "Transfigured Space: an analysis of the esoteric biography of the Daoist Perfected Purple Yang." Ninth East-West Philosopher's Conference. Honolulu, HI.
  10. Miller, James. 2004. "The Symbolic and Environmental Value of Water in Daoism". Paper presented at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, May 2004; International Conference on Daoist Studies, Sichuan University, China; Parliament of the World's Religions, Barcelona, Spain.
  11. “Daojiao yu huanjing de xifang yanjiu (Western Research on Daoism and Environment)” Seminar paper presented at Sichuan University Institute for Daoism and World Religions. December 11, 2003