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Philip Clart

Associate Professor and Chair
Education: Ph.D., University of British Columbia
Interests: East Asian Religions
Email: clartp@missouri.edu
Web: http://web.missouri.edu/~religpc/

I teach courses in East Asian religions. My research interests include Chinese popular and sectarian religions, Daoism and Confucianism, and the relationship of literature and religion in Late Imperial China. My book publications so far include an edited volume (Religion in Modern Taiwan: Tradition and Innovation in a Changing Society, University of Hawai'i Press, 2003) and an annotated translation of a seventeenth-century Daoist novel (The Story of Han Xiangzi: The Alchemical Adventures of a Daoist Immortal, University of Washington Press, 2007).

Teaching

RS 2110 Major World Religions
RS 2310 Religions of China & Japan
RS 3250 Buddhism of East Asia
RS 4310/7310 Confucian Tradition
RS 4320/7320 Introduction to Daoism
RS 7410 Popular Religion: Theoretical and
       Comparative Perspectives

Recent Publications

“The Concept of Ritual in the Thought of Sima Guang (1019-1086).” In Perceptions of Antiquity in Chinese Civilization, edited by Dieter Kuhn & Helga Stahl. Heidelberg: edition forum, 2008. Pp. 237-252.

"The Concept of 'Popular Religion' in the Study of Chinese Religions: Retrospect and Prospects." In: The Fourth Fu Jen University Sinological Symposium: Research on Religions in China: Status quo and Perspectives, edited by Zbigniew Wesolowski, SVD. Xinzhuang: Furen Daxue chubanshe, 2007. Pp. 166-203.

“Generals, Pigs, and Immortals: Views and Uses of History in Chinese Morality Books.” In Asian Ritual Systems: Syncretisms and Ruptures, edited by Pamela J. Stewart & Andrew Strathern. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 2007. Pp. 209-238.

"Jesus in Chinese Popular Sects." In The Chinese Face of Jesus Christ, vol.3b, edited by Roman Malek. Monumenta Serica Monograph Series No. 50/3b. St. Augustin: Institut Monumenta Serica; Nettetal: Steyler Verlag, 2007. Pp. 1315-1333.

"The Image of Jesus Christ in a Chinese Inclusivist Context: I-kuan Tao’s Christology and its Implications for Interreligious Dialogue." In Zongjiao, wenxue yu rensheng, edited by Chung Yun-Ying. Chungli: Yuanzhi Daxue Zhongwenxi, 2006. Pp. 279-313.

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