{"product_id":"9780199715725","title":"Teaching the Daode Jing","description":"The \u003cem\u003eDaode Jing\u003c\/em\u003e, a highly enigmatic work rooted in ancient Chinese cosmology, ontology, metaphysics, and moral thinking, is regularly offered to college and high-school students in religion, philosophy, history, literature, Asian studies, and humanities courses. As a result, an ever-expanding group of faculty with very different backgrounds and training routinely confront the question: \"How should I teach the \u003cem\u003eDaode Jing\u003c\/em\u003e?\"  Written for non-specialists who may not have a background in ancient Chinese culture, the essays collected in this volume provide up-to-date information on contemporary scholarship and classroom strategies that have been successful in a variety of teaching environments.  A classic text like the \u003cem\u003eDaode Jing\u003c\/em\u003e generates debate among scholars and teachers who ask questions like: Should we capitalize on popular interest in the \u003cem\u003eDaode Jing\u003c\/em\u003e in our classrooms? Which of the many translations and scholarly approaches ought we to use? Is it appropriate to think of the \u003cem\u003eDaode Jing\u003c\/em\u003e as a religious text at all?  These and other controversies are addressed in this volume.  Contributors are well-known scholars of Daoism, including Livia Kohn, Norman Girardot, Robert Henricks, Russell Kirkland, Hans-Georg Moeller, Hall Roth, and Michael LaFargue. In addition, there are essays by Eva Wong (Daoist practitioner), David Hall (philosophy), Gary DeAngelis (mysticism), and a jointly written essay on pedagogical strategies by Judith Berling, Geoffrey Foy, and John Thompson (Chinese religion).","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47106912846064,"sku":"9780199715725","price":79.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780199715725_p0.jpg?v=1763671833","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780199715725","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}