On November 5, the First International Summit on Laozi and Daoist Culture was held in Beijing, attracting 600 professionals, scholars, Daoists and followers of Daoism. The two-day summit, with the ...

Daoism, which emphasizes harmony with nature, can inform individuals on their relationship with the environment. Ma Yuan 'Walking on Path in Spring.' National Palace Museum via Wikimedia Commons New ...

Christian, Buddhist, Hindu and Muslim are the only religious identities that are each claimed by at least 5% of Asian American adults. Fewer than 1% of Asian Americans say that their present religion ...

This page provides an overview of the main categories of modern Taoism. Modern Taoism falls into main categories: 'Southern' Taoism, popular in Taiwan and South China and 'Northern' Taoism, a ...

In China, amid a backlash against the increasing wealth and rampant consumerism of the past several decades, people are turning to religion to find deeper meaning. Daoism takes in elements of ...

UW-Milwaukee philosophy professor Mark Peterson says that the Chinese Daoism is one of the closest real world representations of the practice of the Force in "Star Wars." While the Star Wars films ...

In 142 CE, the divine Lord Lao descended to Mount Cranecall (Sichuan province) to establish a new covenant with humanity through a man named Zhang Ling, the first Celestial Master. Facing an impending ...

The Bible's Old Testament tells us that man has dominion over the rest of creation, and the 8th Psalm, echoing a similar attitude, states that the Lord made man "a little lower than the angels," and, ...

How are we, as humans, meant to live together? Every culture has asked this question, and countless philosophers and politicians have offered their answers. From Plato’s Republic to Thomas More’s ...

In late August, Chinese American author Ken Liu broke from his typical focus on speculative fiction to release a new book that combined non-fiction with translation. “Laozi’s Dao De Jing: A New ...