Nikolas Broy - 百可思

List of Publications and Conference Papers

M.A. THESIS

2007	"Buddhismus und Gewalt am Beispiel kriegerischer Mönche in China" (in German) ("Buddhism and Violence, Exemplified by Martial Monks in Chinese History") (download PDF)

DOCTORAL THESIS

2014	"Die religiöse Praxis der Zhaijiao ('Vegetarische Sekten') in Taiwan" (in German) ("Religious Practice of 'Zhaijiao' (Vegetarian Sects) in Taiwan") (download PDF via Leipzig University digital repository)

ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS

2023	"The Phoenix Perches in the Land of the Kami. Spirit-Writing from Yiguandao to Tendō." In Communicating with the Gods. Spirit-Writing in Chinese History, edited by Matthias Schumann and Elena Valussi, 444–483. Leiden: Brill. (publisher's website)
2023	"Herrschen als Weg der Götter? Bemerkungen zur Säkularität des spätkaiserzeitlichen chinesischen Staates anhand von Rechtstexten und Beamtenhandbüchern." In Grenzen der Religion. Säkularität in der asiatischen Religionsgeschichte, edited by Max Deeg, Oliver Freiberger, Christoph Kleine, and Karénina Kollmar-Paulenz, 139–172. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. (publisher's website)
2023	"Belief in the Dao, or Knowledge of the Truth? Contested Interpretations of xin 信/ xinyang 信仰 in Yiguandao Discourses." In From Trustworthiness to Secular Beliefs. Changing Concepts of xin* 信 from Traditional to Modern Chinese*, edited by Christian Meyer and Philip Clart, 497–520. Leiden: Brill. (publisher's website)
2022	"Heroic Monks and Villainous Pirates. An Inquiry Into Monastic Buddhist Warfare in Sixteenth-Century China" In Studies in Chinese Religions 8 (2): 185–201. (publisher's website)
2022	"Riben Yiguandao yanjiu chutan. Yi Dongjing diqu de Jichu Zhongshu zuxian wei li 日本一貫道研究初探:以東京地區的基礎忠恕組線為例." In Cong Taiwan dao shijie. Ershiyi shiji Yiguandao de quanqiuhua 從臺灣到世界：二十一世紀一貫道的全球化, edited by Yang Hung-jen 楊弘任 and Sébastien Billioud, 155–191. Taipei: Zhengda chubanshe.
2022	"Nodes and Hubs: An Exploration of Yiguandao Temples as 'Portals of Globalization'." In Religions Vol. 13 (4): 366. Special Issue: "Globalization of East Asian Religions" (website of the journal)
2021	"Das Daodejing in westlicher Übersetzung. Zwischen christlich-göttlicher Botschaft, spiritueller Weisheit und alternativkultureller Bestimmung." In Übersetze Religion. Im Dickicht der wahren Worte, edited by Katja Triplett, 12-16. Leipzig: Leipziger Universitätsverlag.
2020	"Global Dao: The Making of Transnational Yiguandao." In Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion, Vol. 11 (2020): 174-193. Special Issue: "Chinese Religions going Global" (website of the journal)
2020	"The Filial Sectarian: Confucian Values and Popular Sects in Late Imperial China and Modern Taiwan." In New Religious Movements in Modern Asian History. Socio-Cultural Alternatives, edited by David W. Kim, 139-163. Lanham, MD: Lexington. (publisher's website)
2020	"American Dao and Global Interactions: Transnational Religious Networks in an English-Speaking Yiguandao Congregation in Urban California." In Transnational Religious Spaces: Religious Interactions in Africa, East Asia, and Beyond, edited by Philip Clart and Adam Jones, 263-282. Berlin: De Gruyter Oldenbourg. (publisher's website)
2019	"Maitreya's Garden in the Township: Transnational Religious Spaces of Yiguandao Activists in Urban South Africa." In China Perspectives, 2019 (4): 27-36 (download here)
2019	"Moral Integration or Social Segregation? Vegetarianism and Vegetarian Religious Communities in Chinese Religious Life." In Concepts and Methods for the Study of Chinese Religions III: Key Concepts in Practice, edited by Stefania Travagnin and Paul R. Katz, 37-64. Berlin: DeGruyter. (publisher's website)
2017	"Migrating Buddhas and Global Confucianism: The Transnational Space-Making of Taiwanese Religious Organizations." (with Jens Reinke and Philip Clart) (Working paper series des SFB 1199 an der Universität Leipzig, Nr. 8) (download here)
2017	"Bourdieu, Weber und Rational Choice: Versuch einer Weiterentwicklung des religiösen Feldmodells am Beispiel Chinas." In Zeitschrift für Religionswissenschaft 25 (2): 287-324. (publisher's website)
2016	"Modern Buddhism Without Modernity? Zhaijiao ('Vegetarian Sects') and the Hidden Genealogy of 'Humanistic Buddhism' in Late Imperial China." In Chan yu renlei wenming yanjiu 禪與人類文明研究 / International Journal for the Study of Chan Buddhism and Human Civilization (1): 55-82. (download PDF)
2016	"Religion und Gesellschaft: A Summary of German Research on Religion in Chinese Society." In Review of Religion and Chinese Society 3 (1): 83-117. (download PDF)
2016	"Civilization, Progress, and the ‘Foul Stench of Religion’: The Concepts of ‘Religion’ and ‘Superstition’ in the Politics of Modern East Asia." In Religion, Place and Modernity: Spatial Articulations in Southeast Asia and East Asia, edited by Michael Dickhardt and Andrea Lauser, 37-68. Leiden: Brill.
2015	"Syncretic Sects and Redemptive Societies: Toward a New Understanding of 'Sectarianism' in the Study of Chinese Religions." In Review of Religion and Chinese Society 2 (2): 145-185. (download PDF)
2012	"Secret Societies, Buddhist Fundamentalists, or Popular Religious Movements? Aspects of Zhaijiao in Taiwan." In Chinese and European Perspectives on the Study of Chinese Popular Religions / 中國民間宗教民間信仰研究之中歐視角, edited by Philip Clart 柯若朴主編, pp. 329-368. Taipei: Boyang wenhua. (download PDF)
2012	"Martial Monks in Medieval Chinese Buddhism." In Journal of Chinese Religions 40 (1): 45-89.
2007	"Das dharma schützen, das Reich schützen, sich selbst schützen? Militärisch tätige buddhistische Mönche in China in den Dynastien Song und Ming" In Zeitschrift für Religionswissenschaft 15 (2): 199-224. (in German) ("Protect the Dharma, Protect the Country, Protect Yourself? On Militarily Engaged Buddhist Monks in the Song and Ming Dynasties of China") (download PDF)

BOOK REVIEWS

2016	"WEI-PING LIN, Materializing Magic Power: Chinese Popular Religion in Villages and Cities." In Journal of Chinese Religions 44 (1): 89-91. (download PDF)
2016	"Review: The Origins of Religious Violence." In Asian Highland Perspectives 40: 489-497. (download PDF)
2013	"Sanctity and Self-Inflicted Violence in Chinese Religions, 1500-1700." In Journal of Buddhist Ethics 20: 661-667. (Journal of Buddhist Ethics website)
2012	"Vincent Goossaert, David A. Palmer: The Religious Question in Modern China." In ASIEN. The German Journal on Contemporary Asia (125): 137-138.

LIST OF CONFERENCE PAPERS

2023	"‘Vegetarian Bandits’ and ‘Duck Egg Eaters’. Salvationist Sects, Foodways, and Elite Prejudices in Late Imperial and Modern Chinese Societies." Paper presented at the international workshop "Nourishing Values, Feeding Differences: (Religious) Foodways Compared", March 2–4, 2023, Leipzig University.
2022	"Ritual Purity, Religious Salvation, and Global Environmental Awareness. Meat Avoidance and Vegetarianism from Premodern China to Present-day Taiwan." Paper presented at the international workshop "Vegetarianism/s as Religious, Ethical, Health-based, and Environmentalist Practice: A Comparative Study and Analysis", October 3–4, 2022, Bern University, Switzerland.
2021	"Von ‚vegetarischen Banditen‘ und ‚Enteneieressern‘: Religiös motivierter Vegetarismus als Problem in staatlichen und öffentlichen Diskursen in chinesischen Gesellschaften seit der Song-Zeit (960-1279)." Paper presented at the 34th Annual Conference of the German Association for the Study of Religion (DVRW), 15 September 2021.
2021	"This Numinous Light: The Notion of lingguang in Late Imperial and Contemporary Chinese Popular Sects." Paper presented at the 23rd Biennial Conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS), 26 August 2021.
2021	"Care of the Self or Pursuit of a Better World? Vegetarianism, Environmentalism, and Global Concerns in Contemporary Yiguandao Discourses and Practices." Paper presented at the 23rd Biennial Conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS), 24 August 2021.
2020	"Spiritual Poaching or Authentic Dao? Daoist-Oriented Teachings and Practices in the Global Spread of Yiguandao." Paper presented at the 2020 American Academy of Religion Virtual Annual Meeting, December 9.
2019	"This Numinous Light: Concepts of the Spiritual in Late Imperial and Contemporary Chinese Popular Sects." Paper presented at the International workshop "A Powerful Term: Ling 靈 – Between ‘Efficacy’ and ‘Spirituality’", organized by Christian Meyer, October 3-6, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.
2019	"中華一貫道變成日本天道：關於「先天大道系統」宗教團體日本化的一些思考." Paper presented at the International Conference "From Taiwan to the World: The Globalization of Yiguandao in the 21st Century" 「從台灣到世界：二十一世紀一貫道的全球化」, Academia Sinica, Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences 中央研究院人文社會科學研究中心, 11-12 June 2019.
2018	"American Dao: Diasporic and Transcultural Engagements of Yiguandao in Urban California." Paper presented at the International Workshop "Transnational Religious Spaces: Religious Organizations and their Interaction in Africa, East Asia and Beyond", Collaborative Research Centre SFB 1199, Leipzig University, 12-14 December 2018.
2018	"Verehrung, Etikette, Ritual: Taxonomien „religiöser“ Phänomene in der Beamtenliteratur des spätkaiserzeitlichen China." Paper presented at the 8th Conference of the Arbeitskreis Asiatische Religionsgeschichte of the German Association for the Academic Study of Religion (DVRW) "Ansätze von Säkularität in vormodernen Gesellschaften Asiens", University of Bern, Switzerland, 20-22 August 2018.
2018	"Vegetarianism and the Dao: Community-Making in the Modern Chinese-Taiwanese Religious Movement Yiguandao." Paper presented at the 2018 Annual Conference of the Association for Asian Studies in Washington, D.C., 25 March 2018.
2017	"Chinese Culture or Mainstream Society? A First Look at Acculturation Strategies in the Global Spread of Yiguandao." Paper presented at the International Conference "2017一貫道世界總會國際學術研討會 / The Preaching and Influence of I-Kuan Tao in the World", September 29-30, Shenwei Tiantaishan 神威天臺山, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
2017	"Maitreyas globales Dorf: Mediale Darstellungen der Internationalisierung der chinesisch-taiwanischen Religionsgemeinschaft Yiguandao." Paper presented at the 32nd Annual Conference of the German Association for the Academic Study of Religion (DVRW) "Medien, Materialität, Methoden," September 13-16, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany.
2017	"聯合研究中心簡介及一貫道全球化研究初步報告." Presentation at the International SFB Workshop "Global Mission and Chinese Cultural Identity: Challenges and Prospects for the Religious Movement Yiguandao 全球傳道與中華文化認同: 一貫道國際發展的挑戰與展望", Leipzig University, Germany, 27 June 2017.
2017	"Belief in the Dao, or Knowledge of the Truth? Contested Interpretations of 'Believing' in Yiguandao Discourses." Paper presented at the International Conference "From Trustworthiness to Secular Beliefs – Changing Concepts of xin 信 from Traditional to Modern Chinese", organized by Christian Meyer, June 9-11, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.
2015	"Buddhist Words, Sectarian Acts: Buddhist Texts in the Milieu of Popular Religious Sects in Late Imperial and Modern China and Taiwan." Paper presented at the international KNAW Academy Colloquium "Making Sense of Religious Texts: Patterns of Agency, Synergy and Identity", October 27-29, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2015	"Modern Buddhism Without Modernity? The Case of Zhaijiao ('Vegetarian Sects') in Late Imperial China." Paper presented at the XXI IAHR World Congress 2015 in Erfurt, Germany, August 28.
2015	"Bourdieu, Weber, and Religious Diversity: The Religious Field of China." Paper presented at the XXI IAHR World Congress 2015 in Erfurt, Germany, August 27.
2014	"Zhaijiao ('Vegetarian Sects') and the Hidden Genealogy of 'Humanistic Buddhism' in Late Imperial China." Paper presented at the at the "International Conference on the Studies of Chinese Buddhism" at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, July 25-28 2014, Hong Kong (China).
2012	"Religion in the History of Modern East Asia.” Paper presented at the international DORISEA workshop "Religion, Place and Modernity in East and Southeast Asia", September 19-22 2012, Georg-August University of Göttingen.
2011	"From Sectarian Past to Buddhist Present: Ritual and Communal Change in the Dehua Hall, Tainan." Paper presented at the "Annual Conference of the Association for Asian Studies", March 31 2011, Honolulu (Hawai'i).
2010	"Secret Societies, Buddhist Fundamentalists, or Popular Religious Movements? Aspects of Zhaijiao in Taiwan." Paper presented at the international conference "New Trends in the Study of Chinese Popular Religion(s)", October 1-2 2010, East Asia Department, University of Leipzig.

CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS ORGANIZED

2023	"Nourishing Values, Feeding Differences: (Religious) Foodways Compared" Co-organzier, March 2–4, 2023, Leipzig University.
2018	"Transnational Religious Spaces: Religious Organizations and their Interaction in Africa, East Asia and Beyond" co-organizer, Collaborative Research Centre SFB 1199, Leipzig University, 12-14 December 2018.
2017	"International SFB Workshop "Global Mission and Chinese Cultural Identity: Challenges and Prospects for the Religious Movement Yiguandao 全球傳道與中華文化認同: 一貫道國際發展的挑戰與展望" organizer, Collaborative Research Centre SFB 1199, Leipzig University, 27 June 2017.

ESSAYS AND ONLINE ARTICLES

2023	"The Legend of Benkei: The Enduring Imagination of the Japanese Warrior Monk." Deeper Japan
2023	"Chinese Cuisine, Communal Consumption, and the Buddhist Philosophy of Fucha Ryōri." Deeper Japan

MISCELLANEOUS

2019	"Workshop Report: Transnational Religious Spaces: Religious Organizations and their Interaction in Africa, East Asia and Beyond" (with Geert Castryck) H-Soz-Kult 20 June 2019. (read the report here)
2016	"Featured intervew: Dr. Nikolas Broy on Syncretic Sects and Redemptive Societies" CRCS E-Newsletter No. 17, January 31, 2016. You can read an abbreviated transcript here or listen directly to the full audio recording here