Paul R Katz
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| Gender | Male |
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| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Research Fellow, Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica |
| Location | Taipei, Taiwan |
| Introduction | Paul R. Katz obtained his doctorate from the Department of East Asian Studies, Princeton University. A specialist in the history of Chinese religion and society, his leading publications include: Demon Hordes and Burning Boats: The Cult of Marshal Wen in Late Imperial Chekiang (SUNY Press, 1995), Images of the Immortal: The Cult of Lü Dongbin at the Palace of Eternal Joy (University of Hawaii Press, 1999) and When Valleys Turned Blood Red: The Ta-pa-ni Incident in Colonial Taiwan (University of Hawaii Press, 2005; Chinese version published in 2006). He has just published a new book entitled Divine Justice: Religion and the Development of Chinese Legal Culture (Routledge, 2008). |
| Interests | Religion and society in modern China, Taiwanese religions, Taiwanese history |
| Favorite movies | Lord of the Rings, King Kong, Bagger Vance, The Dead Poet's Society |
| Favorite music | Yes, ELP, The Who, Cream |
| Favorite books | Lord of the Rings, Sherlock Holmes, Isaac Asimov's writings |