Publications
Books 1. On Monsters: A Tour of Fears and Fascinations (Oxford University Press, forthcoming) more info 2. The Gods Drink Whiskey: Stumbling Toward Enlightenment in the Land of the Tattered Buddha (HarperCollins, HarperOne, 2005) more info 3. Stuffed Animals and Pickled Heads: The Culture and Evolution of Natural History Museums (Oxford University Press, 2003) more info 4. Buddha for Beginners (Dec. 2008, Hampton Roads Publ.) more info 5. Following Form and Function: A Philosophical Archaeology of Life Science (Northwestern University Press, 1996) more info On%20Monsters.htmlhttp://www.amazon.com/Gods-Drink-Whiskey-Stumbling-Enlightenment/dp/0060834501/ref=ed_oe_p/002-5990867-5346436?ie=UTF8&qid=1102612827&sr=1-4http://www.amazon.com/Stuffed-Animals-Pickled-Heads-Evolution/dp/0195163362/ref=sr_1_1/002-5990867-5346436?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1188316888&sr=1-1http://www.amazon.com/Buddha-Beginners-Stephen-T-Asma/dp/1571745955/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1211060048&sr=1-3http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0810113988/ref=ed_oe_p/104-9196430-7851905?v=glance&s=books&st=*%20shapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1shapeimage_2_link_2shapeimage_2_link_3shapeimage_2_link_4
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1. Trapped in the Creation Museum (in the Chicago Tribune Magazine, January 20, 2008)
 
2. Nevermind Grendel! Can Beowulf Conquer the 21st-Century Guilt Trip? (in The Chronicle of Higher Education; Chronicle Review, December 2007)
 
3. How to Survive the Apocalypse (in the Skeptical Inquirer, Sept./Oct. 2007)
 
4. Holy Toyland (in In These Times, October 2007)
 
5. Looking Up from the Gutter: Popculture and Philosophy in The Chronicle of Higher Education; Chronicle Review, October 2007)
 
6. “In Search of the Retired Buddhas: Up the Mekong in Laos” in the online literary zine Rokovoko.
 
7. Antediluvian Attitudes (in Museum Journal, Sept. 2007)
 
8. Dinosaurs on the Ark (reprinted as “Solomon’s House” in Skeptic magazine; originally in Chronicle Review, May 2007)
 
9. “Against Transcendentalism: Buddhism and Monty Python’s Meaning of Life” (in Monty Python and Philosophy, eds. Gary Hardcastle and George Reisch, Open Court Publ., 2006)
 
10. Lessons Taught and Learned in Phnom Penh, Cambodia (in The Chronicle of Higher Education; Chronicle Review, April 2005)
 
11. The Question of God (in The Chronicle of Higher Education; Chronicle Review, Sept. 2004)
 
12. Blues-man on a Mojo Mission (in The Chronicle of Higher Education; Chronicle Review, Nov. 2002)
 
13. Darwin’s Causal Pluralism (journal Biology and Philosophy, Vol. 11, 1996)
 
14. Metaphors of Race: Theoretical Presuppositions Behind Race i(in American Philosophical Quarterly. Vol. 32 January 1995, 13-29).