Nikolas Broy - 百可思

2007

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

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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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")
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2016

"WEI-PING LIN, Materializing Magic Power: Chinese Popular Religion in Villages and Cities."
In Journal of Chinese Religions 44 (1): 89-91.
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2016

"Review: The Origins of Religious Violence."
In Asian Highland Perspectives 40: 489-497.
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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.

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.

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