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Brook Ziporyn is the Mircea Eliade Professor of Chinese Religion, Philosophy, and Comparative Thought at the University of Chicago Divinity School. He received his BA in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from the University of Chicago and his PhD from the University of Michigan. Before joining the Divinity School faculty, he taught Chinese philosophy and religion at the University of Michigan, Northwestern University, Harvard University, and the National University of Singapore. Ziporyn is an accomplished author with works including 'Evil And/Or/As Good: Omnicentric Holism, Intersubjectivity Value Paradox Tiantai Buddhist Thought' and 'Penumbra Unbound: Neo-Taoist Philosophy Guo Xiang'. His recent publications include a translation of 'Zhuangzi: The Complete Writings' and 'Daodejing' with Norton Library in 2023. His research focuses on themes such as death, time perception, and the intersection of atheism with religious and mystical experience across various intellectual histories.