(Volume chapter) “Pregnant Robots, Birth Simulators, Artificial Wombs, and Soul Machines: AI and the Emerging Social Ontologies and Technologies in the Delivery Room.” In Springer Sapere. New York: Springer Nature, forthcoming.
(Book chapter) “Social Ontology in the Philosophy of Birth.” In the Handbook of Philosophies of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Mothering. Eds. Sarah LaChance Adams and Caroline Lundquist. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, forthcoming.
(Book chapter) With Doreen Balabanoff. “Aesthetics of the Birth Environment.” In the Handbook of Philosophies of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Mothering. Eds. Sarah LaChance Adams and Caroline Lundquist. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, forthcoming.
(Magazine article) “San Francisco’s Tu Quang Temple: Vietnamese Buddhism and Regeneration in the Heart of the City.” Buddha Weekly. June 17, 2025.
(Journal Article) “Natality as a Philosophy of Rebirth through the Acts of Mothering and Artistic Production.” Journal of the Motherhood Initiative – Mothering and Motherhood, Special 25th Anniversary Edition (Spring 2025): 255-268.
(Magazine article) “Consciousness, the brain, and our chimeric selves.” Institute of Art and Ideas. March 13, 2025. https://iai.tv/articles/consciousness-the-brain-and-our-chimeric-selves-auid-3102?_auid=2020
(Journal Article) “Visualizations of Mountain-Body Fusions in Medieval Chinese Philosophy, Art, and Religion.” Religions. Special Issue: December 2024.
(Magazine Article) “Art for the Autumnal Equinox on Faith, Hope, and Love.” The Catholic Herald. September 30, 2024. https://catholicherald.co.uk/art-for-the-autumnal-equinox-deborah-laninos-reimagining-faith-hope-and-love/.
(Book Chapter) “Matricentric Art: A Philosophy of Maternal Work Through the Act of Creativity” in The Mother Wave: Matricentric Feminism as Theory, Activism and Practice. Eds. Andrea O’Reilly, Victoria Bailey and Fiona Joy Green. Ontario, Canada: Demeter Press. September, 2024.
(Book Review) Review of Reimagining the maternal body in feminist theology and contemporary art. Rebekah Pryor. Atlanta: The American Academy of Religion, 2024. https://readingreligion.org/9780334055969/
(Newspaper Article) Remembering Eddie Kittrell (1951-2023): Public Housing Advocate and Nationally Known Potrero Hill Figure.” San Francisco Bay View National Black Newspaper. San Francisco, California. May 30, 2024.
(Book Chapter) “A Philosophy of Collective Intentionality in Social Ontology and the Transformation of Meaning During the Contemporary Rituals of Birth.” In The Logic of Social Practices II, Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics. Springer Nature, 2023.
(Magazine Essay) “Edward Bernays and the Virtues of Propaganda: Why Facts Don’t Change People’s Minds.” Institute of Art and Ideas.November 10, 2023. https://iai.tv/articles/the-virtues-of-propaganda-auid-2665.
(Journal Article) “Remembrance for Patrick Alfred Hutchings, Esquire.” Sophia: International Journal of Philosophy and Traditions 62 (November 2023): 409-410. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11841-023-00991-y
(Artwork in Catalogue) “Mother and Daughter.” Drawing. ABRAZO Exhibition and Verum Ultimum Catalogue. Ed. Jennifer Gillia Cutshall. September 2023.
(Magazine Essay) “The Virtue of Propaganda.” Aeon+Psyche. May 23, 2023. https://psyche.co/ideas/facts-dont-change-minds-a-case-for-the-virtues-of-propaganda.
(Journal Article) “Rebirth and the Eternal Return in Modern and Contemporary Catalan Art and Identity.” Religions 14(1), 86 (January 2023). https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/1/86.
(Book Chapter) “Chinese Images of Nature, Body, and Cosmos: Visualizing Human Physiology and Homeostasis with the Natural World” in Religion and Sustainability: Interreligious Resources, Interdisciplinary Responses: Intersection of Sustainability Studies and Religion, Theology, Philosophy (United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Series). New York: Springer, 2022.
(Public Video for Academic Conference) “Mountains as Humans and Humans as Mountains: Song Landscape Paintings & Daoist Alchemical Body Charts” (Video) Created as part of presentation for the Daoist Studies Unit, American Academy of Religion Annual Conference, Denver, Colorado, November 19, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmT_a3hkdRI
(Newspaper Article) “Synesthesia and the City in Ron Poznicek’s Paintings of San Francisco.” The Mission Local. San Francisco, California. September 20, 2022. https://missionlocal.org/2022/09/synesthesia-and-the-city-in-ron-pozniceks-paintings-of-san-francisco/
(Newspaper Article) “Remembering John W. Smith Jr., longtime ‘Mayor of Potrero Hill’ 1947-2022.” San Francisco Bay View National Black Newspaper. San Francisco, California. July 3, 2022. https://sfbayview.com/2022/07/remembering-john-w-smith-jr-longtime-mayor-of-potrero-hill-1947-2022/
(Magazine Article) Visualization, Daoism and Birth: “I saw my baby as a river flowing through me, and gave birth.” Aeon+Psyche. Feb. 24, 2022. https://psyche.co/ideas/i-saw-my-baby-as-a-river-flowing-through-me-and-gave-birth
(Journal Article) “Religion, Nonreligion and the Sacred: Art in the Contemporary Rituals of Birth.” Religions 12(11), 941 (November 2021). Special Issue “Birth and Death: Studying Ritual, Embodied Practices and Spirituality at the Start and End of Life.” https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/11/941
(Video for Academic Conference) [Invited Speaker] “La maternitat, trauma i naixement en l’art” (Video) Created as part of conference presentation. Universitat Catalana D’Estiu (UCE), August 16, 2021. Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/587335459
(Book Review) Review of The Impact of Ritual on Child Cognition. Veronica Rybanska. Reading Religion. Atlanta: The American Academy of Religion, 2021. https://readingreligion.org/9781350108912/the-impact-of-ritual-on-child-cognition/
(Public Video Series) “Mountains as Humans and Humans as Mountains in Medieval Chinese Philosophy, Art & Religion: Part I – The Imperial State, Neo-Confucianism and the Natural World” (Video) Vimeo (July 2021). https://vimeo.com/635463221.
(Public Video Series) “Mountains as Humans and Humans as Mountains in Medieval Chinese Philosophy, Art & Religion: Part II – Alchemical Representation and the Externalization of Internal Alchemy in Medieval Daoism” (Video) Vimeo (July 2021). https://vimeo.com/635559638
(Public Video Series) “Mountains as Humans and Humans as Mountains: Part III: Chinese Buddhism and Humans as Mountains in the Art of Liang Kai” (Video) Vimeo (July 2021) https://vimeo.com/635633474
(Presidential Address and Public Video for Academic Conference) “Birth, Art, Trauma and Catalonia: The Eternal Return as Cultural Identity” (Video) Created as part of Presidential Address, Annual Conference of the American Academy of Religion, Western Region, March 20, 2021. Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/528335593
(Journal Article) “Preliminary Report: AARWR’s First Virtual Conference.” In Experience Reports on Virtual Conferences. New York: The Association for Computer Machinery (ACM), 2020.
(Public Video) “Celebrating Richard D. Hecht and the Comparative Study of Religion” (Video) Created as part of Richard D. Hecht’s Retirement Celebration, University of California, Santa Barbara. December 13, 2020. Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/538103110
(Magazine Article) “Bay Area Juneteenth Event Includes Protest Against Right Wing Billionaire Fisher Family: Taking Public Space from Minorities in SF and Oakland.” Counterpunch. June 18, 2020 https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/06/18/bay-area-juneteenth-event-includes-protest-against-right-wing-billionaire-fisher-family-taking-public-space-from-minorities-in-sf-and-oakland/
(Newspaper Article) “Brenda Kittrell (1955-2020): Advocate for public housing community.” The San Francisco Bay View National Black Newspaper. September 28, 2020.https://sfbayview.com/2020/09/brenda-kittrell-1955-2020-advocate-for-public-housing-community-blacklivesmatter-and-scrutinizing-property-ownership-in-san-francisco/
(Journal Article) “Social Ontology and the Rituals of Birth.” Proceedings of the International Society for the Study of Information (IS4SI) Annual Conference, UC Berkeley, 2-6 2019 (May 2020).
(Newspaper Article Republished as Magazine Article) “Starr King Elementary, segregation and wealth: The politics of liberal San Francisco’s ‘separate but equal.’” The San Francisco Bay View National Black Newspaper. Sept. 12, 2019 https://sfbayview.com/2019/09/starr-king-elementary-segregation-and-wealth-the-politics-of-liberal-san-franciscos-separate-but-equal/ (Republished in Counterpunch, October 24, 2019. https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/10/24/segregation-wealth-and-education-the-politics-of-liberal-san-franciscos-separate-but-equal/).
(Book) Imagery, Ritual, and Birth: Ontology Between the Sacred and the Secular, Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books (an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield), December 2018.
(Book Review) Review of Birth in Ancient China: A Study of Metaphor and Cultural Identity in Pre-Imperial China. Constance A. Cook and Xinhui Luo. Body and Religion. Equinox Publishing, 2018.
(Journal Article) “The Intellectual Marginalization of Childbirth and Its Real-World Implications.” Journal of Prenatal & Perinatal Psychology: vol. 32 (3) (March 2018). 271-280.
(Magazine Article) “When Fascism Won’t Die: Why We Need to Support Catalonia.” Counterpunch. Sept. 30, 2017. http://bit.ly/2xKlNSE
(Magazine Essay) “How Childbirth Became Philosophy’s Last Taboo.” Institute of Art and Ideas. Aug. 10, 2017. https://iai.tv/articles/why-do-the-arts-put-death-before-birth-auid-867.
(Book Chapter) “Ritual and Art in a Philosophy of Birth.” In Spirituality and Childbirth: Meaning and Care at the Start of Life, edited by Susan Crowther and Jenny Hall, 38-60. London: Routledge, 2017.
(Book Review) Review of Families of Virtue: Confucian and Western Views on Childhood Development. Erin M. Cline. Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy. Springer, 2016.
(Book Chapter) “Representations of Birth and Motherhood as Contemporary Forms of The Sacred.” In Natal Signs: Cultural Representations of Pregnancy, Birth and Parenting, edited by Nadya Burton, 194-217. Bradford, Canada: Demeter Press, 2015.
(Book Review) Review of Philosophical Inquiries into Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Mothering. Edited by Sheila Lintott and Maureen Sander-Staudt. Journal of the Motherhood Initiative. Demeter Press, 2014.
(Book Chapter) “The Troublesomeness of Metaphysicians: Subjectivity, Objectivity and Aesthetic Relativism.” In Beyond Histories: Art’s Dilemmas and Trajectories, edited by Vladimir Marchenkov, 25-42. New York: Hampton Press, 2013.
(PhD Dissertation) “Chinese Images of Body and Landscape: Visualization and Representation in the Religious Experience of Medieval China.” University of California, Santa Barbara, 2011.
(Book Review) Review of Radical Spirits: Spiritualism and Women’s Rights in Nineteenth-Century America, by Ann Braude. Alternative Spirituality and Religion Review. Academic Publishing, 2011.
(Encyclopedia Entry) “Art,” Encyclopedia of Global Religion. Mark Juergensmeyer and Wade Clark Roof, Eds. Sage Publications, 2011.
(Encyclopedia Entry) “Buddhist Art on the Silk Road.” World History Encylcopedia (Era 4: 300-1000 CE), vols. 7 & 8. Wilfred Bisson, Ed. ABC-CLIO, 2011.
(Encyclopedia Entry) “China Imagines the Outer Barbarians.” World History Encyclopedia (Era 6: 1450 – 1770), vols. 12, 13 & 14, Dane Morrison, Ed. ABC-CLIO, 2011.
(Encyclopedia Entry) “Early Medieval Chinese Alchemy.” World History Encyclopedia (Era 4: 300-1000 CE), vols. 7 & 8. Wilfred Bisson, Ed. ABC-CLIO, 2011.
(Encyclopedia Entry) “Early Medieval Chinese Painting.” World History Encylcopedia (Era 4: 300-1000 CE), vols. 7 & 8. Wilfred Bisson, Ed. ABC-CLIO, 2011.
(Encyclopedia Entry) “Ethnic Classification and Hierarchy during the Yuan Era.” World History Encyclopedia (Era 5: 1000-1500 CE), vols. 9, 10, & 11. Al Andrea, Ed. ABC-CLIO, 2011.
(Encyclopedia Entry) “Representations of the World and Cosmos in Chinese Tomb Décor.” World History Encyclopedia (Era 3: 300 BCE – 300CE ), vols. 5 & 6. William E. Mierse, Ed. ABC-CLIO, 2011.
(Encyclopedia Entry) “Festivals and Holidays in Chinese America.” Encyclopedia of Asian Pacific American Folklore. J. Lee and K. Nadeau, Eds. Greenwood Press, 2010.
(Encyclopedia Entry) “Religion in Chinese American Communities.” Encyclopedia of Asian Pacific American Folklore. J. Lee and K. Nadeau, Eds. Greenwood Press, 2010.
(Encyclopedia Entry) “Rites of Passage.” Encyclopedia of Asian Pacific American Folklore. J. Lee and K. Nadeau, Eds. Greenwood Press, 2010.
(Encyclopedia Entry) “Yin and Yang.” Encyclopedia of Asian Pacific American Folklore. J. Lee and K. Nadeau, Eds. Greenwood Press, 2010.
(Journal Article) “Spinoza, Substance and Subjectivity in Hegel’s Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion.” Journal of Philosophy and Scripture. Villanova University: vol.5-2 (Fall 2007) 1-15.
(Journal Article) “Substance and Subjectivity in Hegel’s Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion.” International Journal of Philosophy. Taiwan: Fu Jen Catholic University (July 2006) 79-97.
(Master’s Thesis) “The Troublesomeness of Metaphysicians: Subjectivity, Objectivity and Aesthetic Relativism.” University of California, Santa Barbara, 2005.
(Book Review) Review of God and Caesar in China: Policy Implications of Church-State Tensions, edited by Jason Kindopp and Carol Lee Hamrin. Epoché: The University of California Journal for the Study of Religion. Journal of the Department of Religious Studies, UC Santa Barbara, 2005.
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