Emeritus Professor
Academic Staff, SOAS China Institute
Academic Staff, Japan Research Centre
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- Professor T H Barrett
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- tb2@soas.ac.uk
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History of Chinese religion, notably Taoism and Buddhism; pre-modern Chinese history, especially the Tang period
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Barrett, T. H. (2008) The Woman Who Discovered Printing. London: Yale University Press.
Barrett, T. H. (2003) Poems of Hanshan. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira.
Barrett, T. H. and Xun, Zhou (2001) The Wisdom of the Confucians. Oxford: Oneworld.
Barrett, T. H. (1996) Taoism Under the T'ang: Religion and Empire during the Golden Age of Chinese History. London: Wellsweep.
Barrett, T. H. (2005) 'Chinese Religion in English Guise: The History of an Illusion'. Modern Asian Studies, (39) 3, pp 509-533.
Barrett, T. H. (2003) 'Tang Taoism and the mention of Jesus and Mani in Tibetan Zen'. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, (66) 1, pp 56-58.
Barrett, T. H. (2003) 'On the reconstruction of the Shenxian zhuan'. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, (66) 2, pp 229-235.
Barrett, T. H. (2002) 'Buddhism, Taoism and the eighth century Chinese term for Christianity'. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, (65) 3, pp 555-560.
Barrett, T. H. (2001) 'Stupa, sutra and sarira in China, c.656-706 CE'. Buddhist Studies Review, (18) 1, pp 1-64.
Barrett, T. H. (2001) 'The Rise and Spread of Printing: A New Account of Religious Factors'. SOAS Working papers in the Study of Religions, pp 1-40.
Barrett, T. H. (2001) 'Woodblock dyeing and printing technology in China, c.700A.D.: the innovations of Ms. Liu and other evidence'. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, (64) 2, pp 240-247.
Barrett, T. H. (1998) 'China and the Redundancy of the Medieval'. The Medieval History Journal, (1) 1, pp 73-89.
Barrett, T. H. (1996) 'The Fate of Buddhist Political Thought in China: The Rajah Dons a Disguise'. The Buddhist Forum, (4), pp 1-7.
Barrett, T. H. (2005) 'Buddhist Precepts in a Lawless World: Some Comments on the Linhuai Ordination Scandal'. In: Bodiford, W. M., (ed.), Going Forth. Visions of Buddhist Vinaya. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, pp 101-23.
Barrett, T. H. (2002) 'Introduction to Religion and Biography in China and Tibet'. In: Penny, B., (ed.), Religion and Biography in China and Tibet. London: Curzon, pp 1-12.
Barrett, T. H. (2000) 'Shinto and Taoism in Early Japan'. In: Breen, J. and Teeuwen, M., (eds.), Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami. Richmond: Curzon Press, pp 13-31.
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