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Women and Ultramodern Buddhism in Australia
Religions, 2018 Buddhists started arriving in Australia in large numbers during the mid-1800s, and the first Buddhist societies and centres began to be formed in the mid-late 1900s.
Anna Halafoff, Jayne Garrod, Laura Gobey
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Constructing collective identity through Theravāda Buddhism: religious memory, monastic authority, and sacred infrastructure among the Bulang community in Southwest China [PDF]
Frontiers in SociologyIntroductionTheravāda Buddhism plays a central role in the cultural and religious life of several ethnic communities in Southwest China, yet the ways minority communities mobilize Buddhism to construct collective identity remain insufficiently explored ...
Wenen Yan, Yaoping Liu
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Religions, 2022 This article explores the narrative descriptions of the Chinese religious landscape embedded within nineteenth century Christian missionary writings. I demonstrate the potential use of Protestant missionary writings as sources in the academic study of ...
Anne Baycroft
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“A mini home far away from home.” The Thai temple and women’s sense of safety in Finland [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyIntroductionThis article explores the significance of the Thai Buddhist temple for Thai women’s sense of safety in Finland. Despite the growing popularity of Buddhism in the country, research literature and media have largely ignored the religiosity of ...
Mitra Härkönen
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Revisiting the “Secret Consort” (gsang yum) in Tibetan Buddhism
Religions, 2018 This article revisits the question, first introduced by feminist scholars in the mid-1990s, about whether sexual practices within Buddhist tantra (heterosexually conceived) are empowering or exploitative to women.
Holly Gayley
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Women contribution to the development of Buddhism in Latvia [PDF]
SHS Web of Conferences, 2020 Buddhism is one of the fastest growing and popular religions in the West which connects people of different ages and social classes. The significant role in the historical transmission of Buddhism to the West and in shaping a distinctively Western form ...
Laudere Marika
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From Courtesan to Wŏn Buddhist Teacher: The Life of Yi Ch’ŏngch’un
Religions, 2023 This study examines the life of Yi Ch’ŏngch’un 李靑春 (1886–1955), one of the first female disciples of Wŏn Buddhism, a 20th-century Korean religious movement. Her story shows modernity’s impact on Korean women’s psyche and social roles, and the progressive
Grace J. Song
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Femininity in Tantric Buddhism: A Study of Sanmatrananda’s Nastik Panditer Bhita [PDF]
Litinfinite, 2020 Femininity is a part and parcel of various religious practices since time immemorial. Tantric Buddhism is one such religion that gives equal importance to its male and female practitioners.
Dr. Surapriya Chakraborty
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Umandawa: Buddhist Transformation in Modern Sri Lanka
Religions, 2023 Charismatic Buddhist monks are instrumental in modernising Buddhism as they have been entrusted with an important role of resurrecting religion and Sinhala society throughout the course of Sri Lankan history. Ven. Pitaduwe Siridhamma, later known as Siri
Gihani De Silva
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Taiwanese Nuns and Education Issues in Contemporary Taiwan
Religions, 2022 In this article, I discuss the Buddhist educational profile of nuns in contemporary Taiwan by introducing the development of monastic education for women.
Yu-Chen Li
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