Robert P Weller

Robert P. Weller is Professor of Anthropology at Boston University. Most of his work concentrates on Chinese societies in a comparative context, frequently with a focus on the problem of religious meaning and authority. His most recent book is How Things Count as the Same: Memory, Mimesis, and Metaphor , co-authored with Adam Seligman (Oxford, 2019). He is currently working on urbanization and religious change.

Robert P. Weller is Professor of Anthropology at Boston University. Most of his work concentrates on Chinese societies in a comparative context, frequently with a focus on the problem of religious meaning and authority. His most recent book is How Things Count as the Same: Memory, Mimesis, and Metaphor , co-authored with Adam Seligman (Oxford, 2019). He is currently working on urbanization and religious change. See less