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San Jose State University SJSU ScholarWorks Emeritus and Retired Faculty Biographies The SJSU Emeritus and Retired Faculty Association 2-17-2020 Jochim, Christian San Jose State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/erfa_bios Recommended Citation San Jose State University, "Jochim, Christian" (2020). Emeritus and Retired Faculty Biographies. 277. https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/erfa_bios/277 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the The SJSU Emeritus and Retired Faculty Association at SJSU ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Emeritus and Retired Faculty Biographies by an authorized administrator of SJSU ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact scholarworks@sjsu.edu. Curriculum Vitae                                     January 2019  CHRISTIAN JOCHIM Director, Center for Asian Studies Program Coordinator, Asian Studies Program Professor, Comparative Religious Studies Program San Jose State University San Jose, CA 95192-0092 Ph.  (408) 924-4465   FAX (408) 924-4576   EMAIL christian.jochim@sjsu.edu   EDUCATION     B.A.  University of California, Santa Barbara, Religious Studies M.A.  University of British Columbia, Religious Studies Ph.D. University of Southern California, Religion, with Certificate in East  Asian Studies  EXPERIENCE         1985-present:  Chair (2001-2015), Professor (1995- ), Assoc. Prof.  (1988-95), Asst. Prof. (1985-88), San Jose State University 2008-09 Resident Director, CSU International Programs Center, Beijing Study Center, Peking University  1984-85  Lecturer, California State University, Northridge, and the University of Southern California 1983-84  Visiting Assistant Professor, Occidental College, Los Angeles 1981-83  Assistant Professor, California State University and Colleges Intl. Program, Taipei, Taiwan 1978-80  Instructor, University of Southern California 1976-79  Instructor, Los Angeles Harbor Community College  PUBLICATIONS:  BOOK Chinese Religions: A Cultural Perspective.  Englewood Cliffs, NJ:  Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1986.  Xiv+202 pages, bibliography, glossary, index, illustrations. Zhongguo de zongjiao jingshen 中國的宗教精神 (China's Religious Ethos).  Beijing: Chinese Overseas Publishing Co., 1991  (a Chinese translation, by Wang Ping, et al., of  Chinese Religions: A Cultural Perspective).  PUBLICATIONS:  ARTICLES "Imperial Audience Ceremonies of the Ch'ing Dynasty," Bulletin: Society for the Study of Chinese Religions, 7 (1979), pp. 80-103. "Ethical Analysis of an Ancient Debate:  Moists versus Confucians."  Journal of Religious Ethics, 8 (1980), pp. 135-147. "Naturalistic Ethics in a Chinese Context:  Chang Tsai's Contribution."  Philosophy East and West, 31:2 (1981), pp. 165-177. "'Great' and 'Little,' 'Grid' and 'Group':  Defining the Poles of the Elite-Popular Continuum in Chinese Religion."  Journal of Chinese Religions 16 (Fall 1988), pp. 18-42. "Flowers, Fruit, and Incense Only:  Elite versus Popular in Taiwan's Religion of the Yellow Emperor," Modern China 16:1 (January 1990), pp. 3-38. (with Marylou Lewandowski) "Internationalizing at Home," in Internationalizing the California State University:  Case Studies.  Long Beach:  CSU Institute for Teaching and Learning, 1992.   Christian Jochim 2 "Chinese City God Temples and Festival Processions," "Commemorative Rites for Master Kong (Confucius)," "Firewalking and other Rites on the Birthday of Bao-sheng Da-di in Taiwan," "Religious Places and Practices of Asians in California," and "Theravada New Robes Ceremony by Cambodians in California" (five 10 page texts, with slide sets).  Cambridge, Ma.:  Harvard University, Center for the Study of World Religions, Image Bank for Teaching Religious Studies, 1992. "Confucius and Capitalism:  Views of Confucianism in Works on Confucian Ethics and Economic Development."  Journal of Chinese Religions 20 (1992), pp. 135-171. "A Report on the 'International Academic Conference on Religion,' Beijing , April 6-10, 1992."  Journal of Chinese Religions 20 (1992), pp.  221-224;  also appears in revised form in Method and Theory in the Study of Religion 3:2 (1991), pp. 261-264; and Numen (forthcoming). (with Rodney Taylor) "Laurence G. Thompson:  Biographical and Bibliographical Footnotes."  Journal of Chinese Religions 20 (1992), pp. 1-7. "Dangqian guanyu rujia, jidu xinjiao han jingji xiandaihua bianlun de yixie guan cha 當前關於儒家基督教信和經濟現代化辯論的一些觀察(translation of "Some Observations on the Current Debate about Confucianism, Protestantism, and Economic Modernization"), Shijie Zongjiao Ziliao 世界宗教資料  (World Religions Materials), 1992, No. 4, pp. 9-20. "The Third International Confucian-Christian Conference Held in Boston"  Journal of Ecumenical Studies 31:3-4 (1994), pp. 421-423.  [1995a] "The Contemporary Confucian-Christian Encounter:  Interreligious or Intrareligious Dialogue."  Journal of Ecumenical Studies 32:1 (Winter 1995), pp. 35-62. [1995b] "Some Observations on Recent Chinese Works About Confucianism, Protestantism, and Economic Modernization."  In Religion and Modernization in China:  Proceedings of the Regional Conference of the International Association for the History of Religions held in Beijing, China, April 1992.  Cambridge, England:  Roots and Branches, 1995, pp. 137-150. “Just Say No to ‘No-Self’ in Zhuang Zi.”  In Wandering at Ease in the Zhuangzi, ed. Roger T. Ames.  Albany:  State University of New York Press, 1998, pp. 35-74. [1999a] “Confucianism:  An Overview.”  Encyclopedia of Women and World Religions.  New York:  Macmillan, 1999. [1999b] “Confucianism:  Modern Movements.”  Encyclopedia of Women and World Religions.  New York:  Macmillan, 1999. [1999c] “Zhanhou guomin zhengfu yu rujia sixiang:  xixue wei ti, zhongxue wei yong”?  戰後國民政府與儒家思想:  西學為體  中學為用? (The Nationalist Government and Confucianism in Postwar Taiwan:  “Western Learning as Substance, Chinese Learning as Means”?), in Taiwan de wenhua fazhan: shijizhijiaode xiangsi  台灣的文化發展:  世紀之交的省思 (The development of Taiwan’s culture:  reflections at the turn of the century).  Taipei: National Taiwan University, 1999, pp. 59-90. “Chinese Beliefs,” in Encyclopedia of Death and Dying.  New York: Macmillan, 2003. “Carrying Confucianism into the Modern World: The Taiwan Case,” in Religion in Modern Taiwan: Tradition and Innovation in a Changing Society, ed. P. Clart and C. Jones.  Honolulu:  University of Hawaii Press, 2003, pp. 48-83.  Christian Jochim 3  “Interpreting Confucian Spirituality in Postwar Taiwan:  The New Confucians and Their Critics,” in Confucian Spirituality, Volume 2, ed. W. Tu and E. Tucker.  New York: Crossroads, 2004, pp. 399-421. “Confucianism” (major article), Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices, ed. Thomas Riggs.  Detroit:  Thompson Gale, 2006, pp. 273-299.  Revised and updated, 2014. “Popular Religion in China,” in  The Oxford Handbook of Global Religions, ed. Mark Juergensmeyer.  New York: Oxford University Press, 2006, pp. 125-132. “Popular Lay Sects and Confucianism:  A Study Based on the Yiguan Dao in Postwar Taiwan,” in The People and the Dao: New Studies of Chinese Religions in Honour of Prof. Daniel L. Overmyer. Edited by Philip Clart and Paul Crowe.  Sankt Augustin: Institut Monumenta Serica, 2009, pp. 83-107. “Confucianism and Modern Culture,” in Oxford Handbook on Confucianism, ed. Jennifer Oldstone Moore, forthcoming.  PUBLICATIONS:  BOOK REVIEWS Robert P. Weller, Unities and Diversities in Chinese Religion (Seattle: U. of Washington Press, 1987).  Journal of Ritual Studies 2:1 (February 1988), pp. 131-132. Philip L. Wickeri, Seeking the Common Ground: Protestant Christianity, the Three-Self Movement, and China's United Front (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1988).  Philosophy East and West 41:1 (January 1991), pp. 129-30. Ro Young-chan, The Korean Neo-Confucianism of Yi-Yulgok (Albany:  State Univ. of New York, 1989).  The Pacific World, n.s., No. 7 (1991), pp. 110-114. Philip J. Ivanhoe, Ethics in the Confucian Tradition:  The Thought of Mencius and Wang Yang-ming (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1990).  Journal of Chinese Religions 19 (1991), pp. 160-163. Wei-ming Tu, et al.  The Confucian World Observed:  A Contemporary Discussion of Confucian Humanism in East Asia (Honolulu:  East-West Center, 1992).  Journal of Chinese Religions 21 (1993), pp. 196-99.  Peter K.H. Lee, ed.  Confucian-Christian Encounters in Historical and Contemporary Perspective (Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 1991) and Pacific Theological Review, Vol. 25-26, 1992-93; special double issue including  proceedings of the Second International Confucian Christian Conference, July 1991.  Journal of Chinese Religions 21 (1993), pp. 175-80. John H. Berthrong.  All Under Heaven: Transforming Paradigms in Confucian-Christian Encounter (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1994).   Journal of Chinese Philosophy (March 1995), pp. 91-97. Jordan Paper.  The Spirits Are Drunk:  Comparative Approaches to Chinese Religion (Albany:  State University of New York Press, 1995).  Journal of Chinese Religions 23 (Fall 1995), pp. 212-217. Donald S. Lopez, Jr., ed.  Religions of China in Practice (Princeton:  Princeton University Press, 1996).  Journal of Asian Studies 56:1 (February 1997), pp. 179-181. Brian W. Van Norden, ed.  Confucius and the Analects: New Essays (New York:  Oxford University Press, 2002).  China Review International 9:2 (Fall 2002), pp. 554-563. Lagerway, John, ed. Religion and Chinese Society, Volume II: Taoism and Local Religion in Modern China (Hong Kong/Paris:  Chinese University of Hong Kong/École française d’Extrême-Orient, 2004).  China Review International 13:1 (Spring 2006), pp. 192-196. Christian Jochim 4 Daniel L. Bell and Hahm Chaibong, eds.  Confucianism for the Modern World.  Cambridge and New York:  Cambridge University Press, 2003.  China Review International 15:1 (2008): 59-70.  “Shedding Light on the Question: Is Confucianism a Religion?” Feature review of Yong Chen, Confucianism as a Religion: Controversies and Consequences. Leiden: Brill, 2013.) and Anna Sun, Confucianism as a World Religion: Contested Histories and Contemporary Realities. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013. Review of Religion and Chinese Society (forthcoming).  PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Co-Director (1988-89) and Asst. Director (1987- 88) of Internationalizing Education Project, San Jose State University Coordinator, Planning Team for new center of the California International Studies Project, serving K-12 schools (1989-1991) Member, Western Regional Committee on Education and the Study of Religion, American Academy of Religion (1989-91) SJSU Faculty Representative:  CSU Academic Council on International Programs (1990-1991; 2011-14) Director, Center for Asian Studies, San Jose State University, (1992- ) Director (1995-2015); and Secretary (2002-2012; 2014-15), Chinese Historical and Cultural Project President (1999-2002), Board of Directors (1993-2005), Member, Society for the Study of Chinese Religions  PARTICIPATION: National Endowment for Humanities NEH Summer Institute, The Introductory Course in Religious Studies; Berkely, CA, Summer 1989 NEH Summer Seminar, Daoist History and Literature: Boulder, CO, Summer 2014   

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