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David Mozina, (A.B, Columbia, M.T.S, Harvard) joined the UNC Charlotte faculty in 2008. He teaches courses in Chinese and East Asian religions, with a focus on Daoism. He will defend his doctoral dissertation at Harvard University later this spring. His dissertation is entitled "Quelling the Divine: Thunder Ritual in South China." Contact Department of Religious Studies dmozina@uncc.edu; 704-687-3186 (office); 704-687-3002 (fax) Spring 2008 Courses
Research Interests I work on Daoist
rituals of exorcism and healing in the rural villages of Hunan Province,
which is located in southern China. I am interested in the ways in which
Daoist priests conceive of the divine, and in ritual procedures by which
they communicate with and even manipulate the various deities that
compose their pantheon. These interests have lead me to explore
religious exorcistic rituals in Daoist and Buddhist traditions from the
10th through the 15th centuries as well as local religious traditions in
Hunan today. |