Wei-Yi Cheng

Buddhist Nuns in Taiwan and Sri Lanka (eBook, ePUB)

A Critique of the Feminist Perspective

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Taking a comparative approach, this fieldwork-based study explores the lives and thoughts of Buddhist nuns in present-day Taiwan and Sri Lanka.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Januar 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134168101
• Artikelnr.: 42675739

Autorenporträt

Wei-Yi Cheng is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Religious Studies, Hsuan Chuang University, Taiwan. Her research interests include the Feminist study of Religions, Women in Buddhism, Buddhism in Taiwan, Buddhism in Sri Lanka and Postcolonialism.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Theological and Methodological Standpoint 2. Buddhist Women in Sri Lanka
and Taiwan 2.1 Buddhist Women in Sri Lanka 2.2 Buddhist Women in Taiwan 3.
Buddhist Nuns at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century 3.1 Scriptural
Influence 3.2 Renunciation 3.3 Education 3.4 The Mixed-Sex Sangha 3.5 The
Bhikkhuni Ordination 3.11 Buddhist Scriptures and Buddhists 3.12 Women's
Karma 3.13 Ultimate Goal 3.14 The Eight Special Rules 4. Conclusion.
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