Assistant Professor
Gil Raz specializes in Chinese Religion, with a particular interest in Daoism, and the interaction between Daoism, popular religious practices, and Buddhism. Between studies in History and Religious Studies in Hebrew University (B.A. 1992) and Chinese Religions in Indiana University (M.A. 1996, Ph.D. 2004), he spent some six years in China and Taiwan. He conducted three years of field work in Taiwan, working closely with a Daoist priest. He is currently completing a book that examines the formation of the Daoist religious tradition between the second and fifth centuries CE. His research interests include Daoist ritual, both historical and contemporary, Daoist sacred geography and mythology, traditional divination systems, and concepts of the body and sexual practices in Chinese religions.
