Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., Boston University 2000
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  Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke

  • Chair, Arts and Humanities Division, Duke Kunshan University
    Co-Director, Duke Kunshan University Humanities Research Center
• Expertise
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  Subject Headings

  • Christianity and other religions--Taoism
  • Ecology--Religious aspects
  • Environmentalism--Religious aspects
  • Religion
  • Taoism
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  Global Scholarship

  • Expertise

    • China (Country) 

  • Research

    • China (Country) 

  • Teaching

    • Canada (Country) 
    • China (Country) 
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Books

    • Miller, J. China’s green religion : Daoism and the quest for a sustainable future. New York: Columbia University Press, 2017. (Monograph)
    • Religion and Ecological Sustainability in China. Edited by J Miller, P van der Veer, and D Smyer Yu. Routledge, 2014. (Edited Book)
    • Religion and Ecological Sustainability in China. Edited by J Miller, P van der Veer, and D Smyer Yu. Routledge, 2014. (Edited Book)
    • Miller, J. Daoism; A Beginner’s Guide. Oneworld Publications, 2008.
    • Miller, J. The Way of Highest Clarity Nature, Vision and Revelation in Medieval China. 2008.
    • Chinese Religions in Contemporary Societies. Edited by J Miller. Abc-clio, 2006. (Edited Book)
    • Miller, J. Daoismo. Una introduzione. Fazi Editore, 2005.
    • Miller, J. Daoism: A Short Introduction. Oxford,: OneWorld Publications, 2003. (Monograph)
    • Daoism and ecology: ways within a cosmic landscape. Edited by N Girardot, J Miller, and X Liu. Harvard Univ Ctr for the Study of World Religions, 2001. (Edited Book)
    • Daoism and ecology: ways within a cosmic landscape. Edited by N Girardot, J Miller, and X Liu. Harvard Univ Ctr for the Study of World Religions, 2001. (Edited Book)

  • Academic Articles

    • Miller, J, and 苗建時, . "Transfiguration, Spirituality and Embodiment: Perspectives from Christian and Daoist Scriptures." 宗教哲學 (2016): 49-73. (Academic Article)  Open Access Copy
    • Murray, DM, and Miller, J. "TRADUÇAO: A Sociedade Taoísta do Brasil e a globalizaçao do Daoismo da Ortodoxia Unitária." Religare: Revista do Programa de Pós-Graduaç ao em Ciências das Religi oes da UFPB 12 (2016): 315-343.  Open Access Copy
    • Miller, J. "Time, and again, and forever: The somatic experience of time in daoist philosophy and religion." Kronoscope 15, no. 1 (January 1, 2015): 13-25.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Miller, J. "Authenticity, sincerity and spontaneity: The mutual implication of nature and religion in China and the West." Method and Theory in the Study of Religion 25, no. 3 (December 1, 2013): 283-307.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Miller, J. "Is green the new red? The role of religion in creating a sustainable China." Nature and Culture 8, no. 3 (November 7, 2013): 249-264.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Murray, DM, and Miller, J. "The Daoist Society of Brazil and the Globalization of Orthodox Unity Daoism." Journal of Daoist Studies 6, no. 1 (2013): 93-114.  Full Text
    • Miller, J. "Chinese cultural factors favouring biotechnology research." Worldviews: Environment, Culture, Religion 14, no. 1 (April 1, 2010): 96-105. (Review)  Full Text
    • Miller, J. "Humans Must Conquer Nature: Philosophical and Religious Sources of China’s Anti-Environmental Ideology." (2010). (Academic Article)
    • Miller, J. "All nature was a mirror: A response to "All nature was a garden" by Augustin Berque." Western Humanities Review 63, no. 3 (September 1, 2009): 23-29.
    • Miller, J, and Siegler, E. "Of Alchemy and Authenticity: Teaching About Daoism Today." Teaching Theology & Religion 10, no. 2 (April 2007): 101-108.  Full Text
    • Miller, J, and Ching, J. "Mysticism and Kingship in China: The Heart of Chinese Wisdom." The Journal of Asian Studies 60, no. 4 (November 2001): 1146-1146.  Full Text
    • Miller, J. "Envisioning the Daoist body in the economy of cosmic power." Daedalus 130, no. 4 (September 1, 2001): 265-282.  Open Access Copy

  • Book Sections

    • Miller, J. "China: Landscapes, cultures, ecologies, religions." In Routledge Handbook of Religion and Ecology, 181-189. July 22, 2016.  Full Text
    • Miller, J. "Ecology, Aesthetics and Daoist Body Cultivation." In Environmental Philosophy in Asian Traditions of Thought, edited by JB Callicott and J McRae, 225-244. SUNY Press, 2014. (Chapter)
    • Miller, J. "Connecting Religion and Ecology." In Controversies in contemporary religion : education, law, politics, society, and spirituality, edited by P Hedges. Santa Barabra, CA: Praeger, 2014. (Chapter)
    • Smyer Yu, D, Miller, J, and van der Veer, P. "Introduction: The diversity of eco-religious practice in China." In Religion and ecological sustainability in China, 1-16. Routledge, 2014.
    • Xia, C, Guoxiang, P, and Miller, J. "‘Hard-hearted’ and ‘soft-hearted’ ecologies: A rereading of Confucian and Daoist classics." In Religion and Ecological Sustainability in China, edited by Miller, J, Smyer Yu, D and van der Veer, P, 71-83.: Routledge, January 1, 2014. (Chapter)  Full Text
    • Miller, J. "Daoism and development." In Handbook of Research on Development and Religion, 113-123. July 24, 2013.
    • Miller, J. "Monitory democracy and ecological civilization in the people's republic of China." In Civil Society in the Age of Monitory Democracy, 137-148. May 15, 2013.
    • Miller, J. "Nature, impersonality, and absence in the theology of highest clarity daoism." In Models of God and Alternative Ultimate Realities, 669-680. January 1, 2013.  Full Text
    • Miller, J. "Nature." In The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Chinese Religions, 349-368. March 14, 2012.  Full Text
    • Miller, J. "Monitory Democracy and Ecological Civilization in the People’s Republic of China." 2012.
    • Miller, J. "Nature in Chinese Traditions of Thought." Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
    • Miller, J. "Truth in Chinese Religion." 2012.
    • Miller, J. "Daoism and Nature." In The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Ecology. September 2, 2009.  Full Text
    • Miller, J. "Religion, Nature and Modernization in China." In Technology, Trust and Religion: Roles of Religion in Controversies on Ecology and the Modification of Life, edited by WB Drees, 107-122. Leiden: Leiden University Press, 2009. (Chapter)  Link to Item
    • Miller, J. "Daoism and ecology." 2006.
    • Miller, J. "The Historical Legacy of China’s Religious Traditions." In Chinse Religions in Contemporary Societies, edited by J Miller, 9-30. 2006. (Chapter)
    • Miller, J. "The Historical Legacy of China’s Religious Traditions." In Chinse Religions in Contemporary Societies, edited by J Miller, 9-30. 2006. (Chapter)
    • Xiang, H, and Miller, J. "Confucian Spirituality in an Ecological Age." In Chinese Religions in Contemporary Societies, edited by J Miller, 55-67. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2006. (Chapter)
    • Xiang, H, and Miller, J. "Confucian Spirituality in an Ecological Age." In Chinese Religions in Contemporary Societies, edited by J Miller, 55-67. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2006. (Chapter)
    • Miller, J. "Manifesto for a Daoist Theology of Messianic Wisdom." 283-283. CRVP, 2004.
    • Miller, J. "Daoism and Nature." In Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science, 393-409. Springer Netherlands, 2003.  Full Text
    • Miller, J. "Respecting the Environment, or Visualizing Highest Clarity." In Daoism and Ecology: Ways within a Cosmic Landscape, edited by N Girardot, J Miller, and X Liu, 351-60. Cambridge: Harvard University Center for the Study of World Religions, 2001. (Chapter)
    • Miller, J. "Respecting the Environment, or Visualizing Highest Clarity." In Daoism and Ecology: Ways within a Cosmic Landscape, edited by N Girardot, J Miller, and X Liu, 351-60. Cambridge: Harvard University Center for the Study of World Religions, 2001. (Chapter)

  • Book Reviews

    • Miller, J. "Celestial Masters: History and Ritual in Early Daoist Communities by Terry F. Kleeman." China Review International 22 (2015): 128-130.
    • Miller, J. "Daoism in History: Essays in Honour of Liu Ts'un-Yan – Edited by Benjamin Penny." Religious Studies Review 35, no. 4 (December 2009): 307-308.  Full Text
    • Miller, J. "Cultivating Perfection: Mysticism and Self-transformation in Early Quanzhen Daoism." SOPHIA 48, no. 1 (February 2009): 95-98.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Miller, J. "Review of Louis Komjathy, Cultivating Perfection: Mysticism and Self-transformation in Early Quanzhen Daoism." Sophia 48 (2009): 95-98.
    • Miller, J. "The Encyclopedia of Taoism." Religious Studies Review 34, no. 4 (December 2008): 261-264.  Full Text
    • Miller, J. "Book Review: Overcoming Our Evil: Human Nature and Spiritual Exercises in Xunzi and Augustine." Theological Studies 69, no. 1 (February 2008): 201-202.  Full Text
    • Miller, J. "Book Review: Overcoming Our Evil: Human Nature and Spiritual Exercises in Xunzi and Augustine." Theological Studies 69 (2008): 201-202.
    • Miller, J. "The Pristine Dao: Metaphysics in Early Daoist Discourse. By THOMAS MICHAEL. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2005. xii, 170 pp. $64.50 (cloth); $21.95 (paper)." The Journal of Asian Studies 66 (2007): 1122-1124.
    • Miller, J. "Taoism: The Enduring Tradition (review)." China Review International 13, no. 1 (2006): 174-177.  Full Text
    • Miller, J, and Cline, EM. "Daoism: A Short Introduction." Journal of Chinese Philosophy 31, no. 4 (December 2004): 547-549.  Full Text
    • Miller, J. "The Tao of the West and the Emerging Discipline of Daoist Studies." Religious Studies Review 28 (2002): 317-318.
    • Miller, J. "Wandering at ease in the Zhuangzi." PHILOSOPHY EAST & WEST 51, no. 1 (January 2001): 125-127.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Miller, J. "Mysticism and Kingship in China: The Heart of Chinese Wisdom. By Julia Ching; Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. xxi, 302 pages. $74.95 (cloth); $27.95 (paper)." The Journal of Asian Studies 60 (2001): 1146-1147.
    • Miller, J. "Asceticism in early Taoist religion." PHILOSOPHY EAST & WEST 50, no. 3 (July 2000): 460-461.  Link to Item

  • Reports

    • Miller, J. Chinese Sexual Yoga and the Way of Immortality. 2012.
    • Miller, J. RELS-235* Religion and Environment: Or how I learned to stop worrying about my lectures and love my students. 2012.

  • Conference Papers

    • Miller, J. "Creating Cultures of Ecological Sustainability." 2012.
    • Miller, J. "Liminal animals: exotic, endangered and transgenic creatures." 2012.
    • Miller, J. "Religion, Ecology and the Future of the Human Species." 2012.
    • Miller, J. "Religión, Naturaleza y Modernidad: la búsqueda para un futuro sostenible en la República popular de China." 2012.
    • Miller, J. "TRANSFIGURED SPACE The Education and Cultivation of Perfected Purple Yang." 2012.
    • Miller, J. "The Economy of Cosmic Power: A Vision for a Daoist Theology of Religion." 2012.
    • Miller, J. "The Space of Nature and the Nature of Space in the Esoteric Biography of Perfected Purple Yang 紫陽真人內傳." 2012.
    • Miller, J. "The Symbolic and Environmental Value of Water in Daoism." 2012.
    • Miller, J. "Why Believing in the Afterlife is Valuable." 2012.
    • Miller, J. "“Make It So!” The Persistence of Religion." 2012.
    • Miller, J. "China’s Quest for an Ecologically Sustainable Culture." Atlantic-Community. org, 2009.
    • Miller, J, and Vashon Island, WA. "Living Light: Shangqing Daoist Cultivation in Theory and Practice." 2001.

  • Theses and Dissertations

    • Miller, J. The economy of cosmic power: a theory of religious transaction and a comparative study of Shangqing Daoism and the Christian religion of Augustine of Hippo. 2000. (PhD Thesis)
• Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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  Service to the Profession

  • Co-Director. Religion and Ecology Unit. American Academy of Religion. 2016 - 2018  2016 - 2018

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