Livia Kohn
145 Bay State Road, Suite 402
Boston, MA   02215
T: 617.353.4465; F: 617.353.3807
E: lkohn@bu.edu
Spring 2006: On Sabbatical. No office hours.

Bio
Professor of Religion. Ph.D., University of Bonn, Germany; Dr. habil., University of Goettingen, Germany. Research associate of Fairbank Center, Harvard University; Center for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University; NCC Center for the Study of Japanese Religions, Kyoto. Publications include Taoist Meditation and Longevity Techniques 1989); Early Chinese Mysticism (1992); The Taoist Experience: An Anthology (1993); Laughing at the Tao (1995); Lao-tzu and the Tao-te-ching.

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Books · Courses

Books

Daoism and Chinese Culture
By Livia Kohn
Three Pines Press
May 1, 2001
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Daoism Handbook
By Livia Kohn
Brill Academic Publishers
August, 2005
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Health and Long Life: The Chinese Way
By Livia Kohn
University of Hawaii Press
April, 2005

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Monastic Life in Medieval Daoism: A Cross-Cultural Perspective
By Livia Kohn
University of Hawaii Press
June 1, 2003
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Courses (Click for course materials)
CAS RN 103 World Religions: East
CAS RN 106 Death and Immortality
CAS RN 211 Chinese Religion
CAS RN 215 Japanese Religion
CAS RN 360/660 Taoist Religion
CAS RN 362/662 Chinese Medicine
CAS RN 363/663 Zen Buddhism
CAS RN 430/730 Topics in East Asian Religions

 

 
     

Department of Religion
145/147 Bay State Road, Boston, MA 02215
College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
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