Kohn, Livia
KOHN, Livia
KOHN, Livia. German, b. 1956. Genres: Theology/Religion. Career: Kyoto University, Research Institute for Humanistic Studies, visiting scholar and research fellow, 1981-86, visiting scholar, 1991-93; University of Michigan, Center for Chinese Studies, Ann Arbor, MI, research fellow, 1986-87, adjunct lecturer in religious studies, 1987, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, visiting assistant professor, 1987-88; Goettingen University, visiting assistant professor, 1988; Harvard University, John King Fairbank Center for East Asian Studies, Cambridge, MA, research associate, 1988-91; Boston University, Boston, MA, assistant professor, 1988-92, associate professor in Religion Department, 1992-. Publications: Leben und Legende des Ch'en T'uan, 1981; Seven Steps to the Tao: Sima Chengzhen's Zuowanglun, 1987; Taoist Mystical Philosophy: The Scripture of Western Ascension, 1991; Early Chinese Mysticism: Philosophy and Soteriology in the Taoist Tradition, 1992; The Taoist Experience: An Anthology, 1993; (trans.) Laughing at the Tao: Debates among Buddhists and Taoists in Medieval China, 1994; God and the Dao, 1998; Daoism and Chinese Culture, 2001. EDITOR: Taoist Meditation and Longevity Techniques, 1989; (co-) Lao-tzu and the Teo-teching, 1998; Daoism Handbook, 2000. Address: Department of Religion, Boston University, 745 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, U.S.A. Online address: lkohn@bu.edu