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Buddhist Women and Social Justice : Ideals, Challenges, and Achievements.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: SUNY Series, Feminist Philosophy SeriesPublisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, 2004Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (287 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780791484272
Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Buddhist Women and Social JusticeDDC classification:
  • 294.3/082
LOC classification:
  • BQ4570.W6 -- B82 2004eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- BUDDHIST WOMEN AND SOCIAL JUSTICE -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION. Family, Monastery, and Gender Justice: Reenvisioning Buddhist Institutions KARMA LEKSHE TSOMO -- Part One: Theoretical Foundations for Buddhist Social Action -- 1. Buddhist Understandings of Subjectivity ANNE CAROLYN KLEIN -- 2. Reflections on Buddhism, Gender, and Human Rights LIN CHEW -- 3. Is the Bhiksuni Vinaya Sexist? KARMA LEKSHE TSOMO -- 4. Transforming Conflict, Transforming Ourselves: Buddhism and Social Liberation PAULA GREEN -- 5. Redefining and Expanding the Self in Conflict Resolution MEENAKSHI CHHABRA -- 6. Integrating Feminist Theory and Engaged Buddhism: Counseling Women Survivors of Gender-Based Violence KATHRYN L. NORSWORTHY -- Part Two: Women Transforming Buddhist Societies -- 7. Reclaiming the Robe: Reviving the Bhikkhuni Order in Sri Lanka RANJANI DE SILVA -- 8. Dharma Education for Women in the Theravada Buddhist Community of Nepal SARAH LEVINE -- 9. Buddhism, Women, and Caste: The Case of the Newar Buddhists of the Kathmandu Valley DAVID N. GELLNER -- 10. Trafficking in Buddhist Girls: Empowerment through Prevention KHANDU LAMA -- 11. Khunying Kanitha: Thailand's Advocate for Women KARMA LEKSHE TSOMO -- 12. Crisis as Opportunity: Nuns and Cultural Change in the Spiti Valley MARGARET COBERLY -- 13. Spiritual Piety, Social Activism, and Economic Realities: The Nuns of Mantokuji DIANA E. WRIGHT -- 14. The Infinite Worlds of Taiwan's Buddhist Nuns ELISE ANNE DEVIDO -- 15. Resistance without Borders: An Exploration of Buddhist Nuns across Cultures CAREN I. OHLSON -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
Summary: Looks at Buddhist women's activism for social change from the time of Buddha to the present day.
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Intro -- BUDDHIST WOMEN AND SOCIAL JUSTICE -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION. Family, Monastery, and Gender Justice: Reenvisioning Buddhist Institutions KARMA LEKSHE TSOMO -- Part One: Theoretical Foundations for Buddhist Social Action -- 1. Buddhist Understandings of Subjectivity ANNE CAROLYN KLEIN -- 2. Reflections on Buddhism, Gender, and Human Rights LIN CHEW -- 3. Is the Bhiksuni Vinaya Sexist? KARMA LEKSHE TSOMO -- 4. Transforming Conflict, Transforming Ourselves: Buddhism and Social Liberation PAULA GREEN -- 5. Redefining and Expanding the Self in Conflict Resolution MEENAKSHI CHHABRA -- 6. Integrating Feminist Theory and Engaged Buddhism: Counseling Women Survivors of Gender-Based Violence KATHRYN L. NORSWORTHY -- Part Two: Women Transforming Buddhist Societies -- 7. Reclaiming the Robe: Reviving the Bhikkhuni Order in Sri Lanka RANJANI DE SILVA -- 8. Dharma Education for Women in the Theravada Buddhist Community of Nepal SARAH LEVINE -- 9. Buddhism, Women, and Caste: The Case of the Newar Buddhists of the Kathmandu Valley DAVID N. GELLNER -- 10. Trafficking in Buddhist Girls: Empowerment through Prevention KHANDU LAMA -- 11. Khunying Kanitha: Thailand's Advocate for Women KARMA LEKSHE TSOMO -- 12. Crisis as Opportunity: Nuns and Cultural Change in the Spiti Valley MARGARET COBERLY -- 13. Spiritual Piety, Social Activism, and Economic Realities: The Nuns of Mantokuji DIANA E. WRIGHT -- 14. The Infinite Worlds of Taiwan's Buddhist Nuns ELISE ANNE DEVIDO -- 15. Resistance without Borders: An Exploration of Buddhist Nuns across Cultures CAREN I. OHLSON -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

Looks at Buddhist women's activism for social change from the time of Buddha to the present day.

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