Ecojustice Resources

Daoism highlights the harmonious patterns and flow of nature (Dao) with which humans align. It calls for acting in balance with these forces and not manipulating nature for human ends. Daoism does not expressly address justice in the Western sense of the word, but it identifies political and social injustices.

The resources below are organized chronologically, with the most recent at the top. 

 

 

Statements
 
 
Engaged Projects

Multimedia

Links 

 

Books

  • Kim, Heup Young. A Theology of Dao. Ecology and Justice Series. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2017.

 

 

 

Journals & Articles

  • Hall, David L. “From Reference to Deference: Daoism and the Natural World.” In Daoism and Ecology: Ways within a Cosmic Landscape, edited by N.J. Girardot, James Miller and Liu Xiaogan, 245-264. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001. 
  • Herman, Jonathan R. “Daoist Environmentalism in the West: Ursula K. Le Guin's Reception and Transmission of Daoism.” In Daoism and Ecology: Ways within a Cosmic Landscape, edited by N.J. Girardot, James Miller and Liu Xiaogan, 391-406. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001. 
  • Jiyu, Zhang. “A Declaration of the Chinese Daoist Association on Global Ecology.” In Daoism and Ecology: Ways within a Cosmic Landscape, edited by N.J. Girardot, James Miller and Liu Xiaogan, 361-372. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001. 
  • Kirkland, Russell. “'Responsible Non-Action' in a Natural World: Perspectives from the Neiye, Zhuangzi, and Daode jing.” In Daoism and Ecology: Ways within a Cosmic Landscape, edited by N.J. Girardot, James Miller and Liu Xiaogan, 283-304. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001. 
  • Kohn, Livia. “Change Starts Small: Daoist Practice and the Ecology of Individual Lives.” In Daoism and Ecology: Ways within a Cosmic Landscape, edited by N.J. Girardot, James Miller and Liu Xiaogan, 373-390. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001. 
  • Lai, Chi-Tim. “The Daoist Concept of Central Harmony in the Scripture of Great Peace: Human Responsibility for the Maladies of Nature.” In Daoism and Ecology: Ways within a Cosmic Landscape, edited by N.J. Girardot, James Miller and Liu Xiaogan, 95-111. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001. 
  • Miller, James, Richard G. Want, and Edward Davis. “Sectional Discussion: What Ecological Themes Are Found in Daoist Texts?” In Daoism and Ecology: Ways within a Cosmic Landscape, edited by N.J. Girardot, James Miller and Liu Xiaogan, 149-153. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001. 
  • Schipper, Kristofer. “Daoist Ecology: The Innter Transformation. A Study of the Precepts of the Early Doaist Ecclesia.” In Daoism and Ecology: Ways within a Cosmic Landscape, edited by Girardot, N.J., James Miller and Liu Xiaogan, 79-93. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001.
  • Xiaogan, Liu. “Non-Action and the Environment Today: A Conceptual and Applied Study of Laozi's Philosophy.” In Daoism and Ecology: Ways within a Cosmic Landscape, edited by N.J. Girardot, James Miller and Liu Xiaogan, 315-339. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001. 

Header Image: Daoist Cave Monastery, Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, China; Shutterstock/Marten House