Dr. Ronnie Littlejohn, professor of philosophy, has published “First Contact: The Earliest Western Views of Daoism in Matteo Ricci’s Journals,” in The Dynamics of Cultural Counterpoint in Asian Studies (SUNY Press, 2013).
He has also been asked to respond to the panel on his book Daoism: An Introduction at the 9th International Conference on Daoist studies at Boston University on May 30 and June 1, 2014.