James Miller, Ph.D.

Professor of Humanities, Duke Kunshan University

Philosophy of Nature, Environmental Ethics, and the Intersection of Religion and Ecology in China.

James Miller is the inaugural Professor of Humanities at Duke Kunshan University, Associate Dean for Interdisciplinary Strategy, and co-director of the DKU Humanities Research Center . Prior to his appointment at Duke Kunshan, Dr. Miller served as the director of the interdisciplinary graduate program in cultural studies, and as the director of the School of Religion, at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Miller’s research is based in the study of Chinese philosophy, theology, and religion, with an emphasis on philosophy of nature, environmental ethics, and the intersection of religion and ecology in China.

Lemche, J., & Miller, J. (2019). Global capital, local conservation, and ecological civilization: The tiejia ecology temple and the chinese daoist association’s green agenda. Religions, 10(10).

Miller, J., & 苗建時. (2016). Transfiguration, Spirituality and Embodiment: Perspectives from Christian and Daoist Scriptures. 宗教哲學, 49–73.

Murray, D. M., & Miller, J. (2016). 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, 315–343.

Miller, J. (2015). Time, and again, and forever: The somatic experience of time in daoist philosophy and religion. Kronoscope, 15(1), 13–25.

Miller, J. (2013). 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(3), 283–307.

Miller, J. (2017). China’s green religion : Daoism and the quest for a sustainable future. New York: Columbia University Press.

Smyer Yu, D., Miller, J., & van der Veer, P. (2014). Religion and ecological sustainability in China (pp. 1–247).

Smyer Yu, D., Miller, J., & van der Veer, P. (2014). Religion and ecological sustainability in China (pp. 1–247).

Smyer Yu, D., Miller, J., & van der Veer, P. (2014). Religion and ecological sustainability in China (pp. 1–247).

Miller, J. (2008). Daoism; A Beginner’s Guide. Oneworld Publications.