Eric Voegelin’s Reception in China
Eric Voegelin wrote about China, once taught courses related to China, and even could read Chinese text. Nevertheless, he never traveled to China. During his life time,…
Eric Voegelin wrote about China, once taught courses related to China, and even could read Chinese text. Nevertheless, he never traveled to China. During his life time,…
Carl Schmitt and Leo Strauss in the Chinese-Speaking World: Reorienting the Political, Kai Marchal and Carl K.Y. Shaw, eds. Lanham, Lexington Books, 2017. Carl Schmitt and…
Religion and Nationalism in Chinese Societies. Cheng-tian Kuo, ed. Amsterdam University Press, 2018. A Varieties of Chinese Nationalisms and Their Implications on Religions This volume is…
Surviving the State, Remaking the Church: A Sociological Portrait of Christians in Mainland China. Li Ma and Jin Li. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications (Wipf and Stock Publishers),…
Liu Xiaobo was the Chinese dissident writer and 2010 Nobel Peace Prize recipient who passed away this past June. He died of liver cancer while serving out…
The Souls of China: The Return of Religion After Mao. Ian Johnson. New York: Pantheon Books, 2017. “For I saw it was impossible to do anything…
Pax Gandhiana: The Political Philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi. Anthony J. Parel. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016. It was not too long ago that scholars debated…
Introduction The planetary spread of the informational, genetic and space technologies has been continuing apace for some time now and is poised to renew questions regarding the…
Introduction This past spring, the death of Lee Kuan Yew marked the loss of one of the world’s most successful politicians. The former leader transformed Singapore from…
The communist ideology in China is in decline. The emperor, as the expression goes, has no clothes. Yet most liberal critiques of the present regime do not…
There are lots of travel books, and most of them have the same structure: Why I traveled to Upper Revolting; What happened to me in Upper Revolting;…