CURRICULUM VITAE
Joseph A. Adler
Professor of Religious Studies & Asian Studies
Kenyon College
Gambier, OH 43022

Books:

In press	Reconstructing the Confucian Dao: Zhu Xi's Appropriation of Zhou Dunyi (Albany: SUNY Press)
2002	Introduction to the Study of the Classic of Change, by Chu Hsi (translation, with Introduction and notes) (Provo: Global Scholarly Publications).
2002	Chinese Religious Traditions (Upper Saddle River: Prentice-Hall).
1990	Sung Dynasty Uses of the I Ching, co-authored with Kidder Smith, Jr., Peter K. Bol, and Don J. Wyatt (Princeton: Princeton University Press).

Articles/chapters:

In press	"On Translating Taiji," in David Jones and He Jinli, eds., Rethinking Zhu Xi: Emerging Patterns Within the Supreme Polarity (Albany: SUNY Press).
In press	"Chan Buddhism," "Five Classics," "Four Books," and "Thirteen Classics," in Michael Dillon, ed., Encyclopedia of Chinese History (NY: Routledge).
Forthcoming	"The Great Virtue of Heaven and Earth: Deep Ecology in the Yijing," in James Miller, ed., Religious Diversity and Ecological Sustainability in China (Routledge)
2012	"The Classical and Contemporary Confucian Way," in M. Darrol Bryant, Yan Li, and Judith Maclean Miller, eds., Along the Silk Road: History, Literature & Culture in China (Kitchener, Ontario: Pandora Press).
2010	"Confucianism" and "Confucius," in J. Gordon Melton and Martin Baumann, eds., Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices, 2nd ed. (Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO).
2008	"Zhu Xi's Spiritual Practice as the Basis of his Central Philosophical Concepts," Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy, vol 7, no. 1: 57-79.
2008	"Divination and Sacrifice in Song Neo-Confucianism," in Jeffrey L. Richey, ed., Teaching Confucianism (NY: Oxford University Press): 55-82.
2007	"Chinese Religions," in Jonathan Fenby, ed., The Seventy Wonders of China (London: Thames & Hudson)
2006	"Daughter/Wife/Mother or Sage/Immortal/Bodhisattva? Women in the Teaching of Chinese Religions," in AsiaNetwork Exchange, vol. XIV, no. 2 (Winter 2006): 11-16.
2005	"Chinese Religion: An Overview," in Lindsay Jones, ed., The Encyclopedia of Religion, 2nd ed. (NY: Macmillan):1580-1613 (rev. and exp. version of 1987 article).
2004	"Varieties of Spiritual Experience: Shen in Neo-Confucian Discourse," in Tu Wei-ming and Mary Evelyn Tucker, eds., Confucian Spirituality, vol. 2 (NY: Crossroad): 120-148.
2004	"The Qianlong Emperor and the Confucian Temple of Culture (Wen miao) at Chengde," in James A. Millward, Ruth W. Dunnell, Mark C. Elliott, and Philippe Forêt, eds., New Qing Imperial History: The Making of Inner Asian Empire at Qing Chengde (London: RoutledgeCurzon): 109-122.
2003	"Zhu Xi yu Bushi" (Zhu Xi and Divination), in Tian Hao (Hoyt Tillman), ed., Songdai Sixiang Shilun (Essays on Song Intellectual History) (Beijing: Chinese Academy of Social Sciences): 304-348
1999	"Zhou Dunyi: The Metaphysics and Practice of Sagehood," in Wm. Theodore de Bary and Irene Bloom, eds., Sources of Chinese Tradition, 2nd ed., vol. 1 (NY: Columbia University Press): 669-678.
1998	"Response and Responsibility: Chou Tun-i and Neo-Confucian Resources for Environmental Ethics," in Confucianism and Ecology: The Interrelation of Heaven, Earth, and Humans, ed. Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Berthrong (Cambridge: Harvard University Center for the Study of World Religions): 123-149.
1981	"Descriptive and Normative Principle (li) in Confucian Moral Metaphysics: Is/Ought from the Chinese Perspective," Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science, vol. 16, no. 3: 285-293.

Book Reviews:

2013	Yong Huang, Confucius: A Guide for the Perplexed (London: Bloomsbury, 2013). In Journal of Chinese Religions, vol. 41, no. 2.
2012	Paul R. Goldin, Confucianism (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2011). In China Review International, vol. 19, no. 1.
2011	Lee Dian Rainey, Confucius and Confucianism: The Essentials. In Journal of Chinese Religions.
2005	Xinzhong Yao, ed., RoutledgeCurzon Encyclopedia of Confucianism, 2 vols., in Religious Studies Review, vol. 30, no. 4: 267-268.
2003	"The Confucian Body." Feature review of Thomas A. Wilson, ed., On Sacred Grounds: Culture, Society, Politics, and the Formation of the Cult of Confucius. In China Review International, vol. 10, no. 2: 351-362.
2003	Edward Hacker, Steve Moore, and Lorraine Patsco, I Ching: An Annotated Bibliography. In Journal of Chinese Religions, no. 31: 238-239.
1999	Irene Bloom and Joshua A. Fogel, eds., Meeting of Minds: Intellectual and Religious Interaction in East Asian Traditions of Thought: Essays in Honor of Wing-tsit Chan and William Theodore de Bary. In Journal of Chinese Religions, no. 27: 132-135.
1995	Hoyt Cleveland Tillman, Confucian Discourse and Chu Hsi's Ascendancy. In Asian Thought and Society, vol. 20, no. 58-59: 148-150.
1993	Wm. Theodore de Bary, The Trouble with Confucianism. In Journal of Chinese Religions, no. 21: 137-142.
1990	Donald J. Munro, Images of Human Nature: A Sung Portrait. In Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, vol. 50, no. 2: 707-717.
1989	Wing-tsit Chan, Chu Hsi: Life and Thought. In Bulletin of Sung-Yüan Studies, no. 21: 98-101.
1987	Daniel K. Gardner, Chu Hsi and the Ta-hsüeh: Neo-Confucian Reflection on the Confucian Canon. In Bulletin of Sung-Yüan Studies, no. 19: 35-41.

PAPERS AND LECTURES

2012	"Theistic and Non-theistic Belief in China," public lecture, John Carroll University (Cleveland)
2012	"'The Great Virtue of Heaven and Earth:' Deep Ecology in the Yijing," Workshop on Multiculturalism and Ecological Sustainability in China, Minzu University of China, Beijing; co-sponsored by the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity and the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology.
2011	"Chan/Zen, the Oxherding Pictures, and the World-Affirming Turn in Chinese Buddhism," Gund Gallery, Kenyon College.
2011	"The Heritage of Non-theistic Belief in China," International conference, "Toward a Reasonable World: The Heritage of Western Humanism, Skepticism, and Freethought," San Diego State University
2011	"Buddhism and War," public lecture, Center for Engaged Ethics, Hiram College
2011	"Confucianism in China Today," Pearson online Living Religions Forum, New York
2011	"Synthesis: 'The One and the Many' in the Lotus Sutra and Zhu Xi," International Lotus Sutra Seminar (Zushi, Japan).
2008	"Divination as Spiritual Practice in Song Confucianism," American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting (Chicago).
2006	"Confucianism as Religion / Religious Tradition / Neither: Still Hazy after All These Years," American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting (Washington, D.C.)
2006	"Zhu Xi's Spiritual Practice as the Basis of his Central Philosophical Concepts," Neo-Confucianism and Global Philosophy Conference, Mansfield Freeman Center for East Asian Studies, Wesleyan University.
2005	"Daughter/Wife/Mother or Sage/Immortal/Bodhisattva? Women in the Teaching of Chinese Religions," ASIANetwork Annual Meeting (Whittier, California)
2002	"The Tao Te Ching: Introduction to an Exhibition by Peggy Kwong-Gordon," Olin Gallery, Kenyon College.
1999	"The Interpenetration of Stillness and Activity in Chu Hsi's Appropriation of Chou Tun-i," Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting (Boston).
1999	Response to paper by Rodney Taylor, "Of Animals and Man: The Confucian Perspective;" Conference on Religion and Animals, Harvard-Yenching Institute, Cambridge
1997	"Varieties of Spiritual Experience: Shen in Neo-Confucian Discourse," Confucian Spirituality Conference, Harvard University Center for the Study of World Religions (Cambridge); and American Academy of Religion (San Francisco).
1996	"Thinking About Religion in Japan," Lecture Series, Waseda University (Tokyo)
1996	"Chou Tun-i and 'Moral Responsiveness': Confucian Resources for Environmental Ethics," Confucianism and Ecology Consultation, Harvard University Center for the Study of World Religions (Cambridge).
1992	"The Mind of the Sage: Chu Hsi's Appropriation of Chou Tun-i," Association for Asian Studies (Washington D.C.); and New England Symposium on Chinese Thought (York, Maine)
1990	"Universalism and Particularism in Chinese Ethics: Reflections of an Ancient Debate in Chinese Society Today," International Studies Faculty Forum, Kenyon College.
1989	"Chu Hsi's Uses of the I-ching," Columbia University Regional Seminar on Neo-Confucian Studies (New York).
1985	"Chu Hsi and the 'Original Intention' of the I-ching," Association for Asian Studies (Philadelphia), and Southern California China Colloquium, Symposium on Religion and Ideology in the Chinese Tradition (UCLA).
1982	"I-hsüeh and Hsin-hsüeh: Chu Hsi's Study of the I-ching and his Philosophy of Mind," Workshop on Chu Hsi's Philosophy of Mind and Nature, International Conference on Chu Hsi (University of Hawaii, Manoa).
1982	"I-ching Divination as a Form of Self-Cultivation in Chu Hsi's Neo-Confucianism," American Academy of Religion, Western Branch (Stanford University), and American Oriental Society, Western Branch (Arizona State University).

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

2010	CIEE International Faculty Development Seminar: "Religion, Ecology, and Identity in Tibet," Beijing and Tibet.
2009	Consultant (on two chapters) for Mary Pat Fisher, Living Religions, 8th ed. (London: Laurence King, 2011).
2007	Respondent on panel, "Korean Contributions to Neo-Confucianism," American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
2006	NEH panelist, Division of Preservation and Access, Washington, D.C.
2006	Organized panel, "The Religious Status of Confucianism," American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
2004	"Chinese Religions:" video interview with Dr. James Catanzaro for online course, "Religions of the World"
2004	Attended conference sponsored by the Japan Study Program and the Asian Studies Development Program: "Environment, Culture, and Development in East Asia," Ohio Wesleyan University.
2004	Attended 3rd International Seminar on Dunhuang Art and Society: Luoyang, Lanzhou, and Dunhuang, China.
2003	Attended conference on "Daoism and the Contemporary World" (Boston).
2002	Attended International Symposium on the History of the Jewish Diaspora in China: Nanjing and Kaifeng, China (chaired one panel)
2001	External reviewer, Department of Religion, Bucknell University
2001	Evaluated grant proposal for Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
1999-2001, 05, 07	Attended AsiaNetwork Annual Meetings (Tacoma, Lisle, Cleveland, Whittier)
1996	Symposium: "Digital Images in Support of Teaching," sponsored by The Five Colleges of Ohio, Ohio Wesleyan University.
1994	NEH Summer Institute: "Reading the Manchu Summer Palace at Chengde: Art, Ritual, and Rulership in 18th Century China and Inner Asia," University of Michigan.
1993	Summer Institute in Academic Information Resources, sponsored by the Pew Charitable Trusts, Kenyon College
1992	GLCA Course Design and Teaching Workshop, Kenyon College
1992	Organizer of panel, "Confucian Uses of History: Sung, Ming, and Ch'ing," Association for Asian Studies, Annual Meeting (Washington, D.C.).
1992-99	Panel chair at AAR Annual Meetings: "The Religious Dimensions of Confucianism" (San Francisco, 1992), "Confucianism as a Living Tradition" (Washington, D.C., 1993), "Confucianism in Dialogue" (Chicago, 1994), "Confucian Spirituality and Mysticism" (Orlando, 1998), "Interpretations of the Great Learning and the Doctrine of the Mean" (Boston, 1999).
1991-2000	Organizer and chair of steering committee (co-chair since 1994), Confucian Traditions Group (program unit of the American Academy of Religion)
1991-	Pre-publication reviewer for Princeton University Press; Oxford University Press; State University of New York Press; Seven Bridges Press; Routledge; Westview Press; McGraw-Hill; University of Virginia Press; Philosophy East & West; Journal of Asian Studies; Dao; International Journal for Existential Psychology and Psychotherapy, Manusya Journal of Humanities; Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics; Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture.

LANGUAGES

• Classical Chinese
• Mandarin Chinese
• Japanese
• French  

COURSES TAUGHT

• American Academy of Religion
• Association for Asian Studies
• Society for the Study of Chinese Religions