Anthony C. Yu

Anthony C. Yu (born 1938) is a literature and religion scholar. He is currently the Carl Darling Buck Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago.[1]

Best known for his four-volume translation of The Journey to the West (University of Chicago Press),[2] he coedited (with Mary Gerhart) Morphologies of Faith: Essays in Religion and Culture in Honor of Nathan A. Scott, Jr. He has also published Rereading the Stone: Desire and the Making of Fiction in “Dream of the Red Chamber.” His latest book is State and Religion in China: Historical and Textual Perspectives.

He has studied at Fuller Theological Seminary (S.T.B) and the University of Chicago (Ph.D).

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