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Buddhism and Depressive Symptoms among Married Women in Urban Thailand [PDF]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020 A growing body of research has documented salutary associations between religious involvement and poor mental health outcomes, such as depressive symptoms and psychological distress. However, little scholarly attention has been given to the association between Buddhism, a non-Western religious faith, and depressive symptomatology in Thailand.
Ting Xu +3 more
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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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Equality of Access? Chinese Women Practicing Chan and Transnational Meditation in Contemporary China
Religions, 2022 This paper examines how the Buddhist revival, the Chan revival, and recent popularity of transnational meditation practices have facilitated Chinese women practicing Buddhist meditation in contemporary China.
Ngar-Sze Lau
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Mulheres budistas como líderes e professoras Buddhist women as leaders and teachers
Revista Estudos Feministas, 2005 No budismo, o papel do professor de dharma (religioso) é a função mais prestigiosa, e o professor de dharma tem mais autoridade do que qualquer outro líder. Apesar de os ensinamentos budistas não conterem nenhuma doutrina que limite essa função ao homem,
Rita M. Gross
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Altering Positions Through an Artistic Inquiry of Japanese Dance
İstanbul Üniversitesi Kadın Araştırmaları Dergisi, 2023 Cross-gender acts have saturated Japanese performance history, with men and women using gender as a performative act. This practice-led article investigates gendered embodiment and gendered spaces through the Japanese dance and walking technique suriashi
Ami Skånberg
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Corporate culture is a critical driver of corporate social responsibility, shaping how firms internalize sustainability, social and environmental concerns, yet its governance antecedents are less understood. Motivated by the need to understand how governance structures affect organizational values and behavior, we explore the relationship ...
Sirimon Treepongkaruna, Stefano Starita
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The East-West dialogue: methodical diversity and frailties of feminist accounts
Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2023 This paper investigates the commonalities and differences of contemporary feminist theories by proffering a comprehensive comparative analysis of the Western feminist agenda and Chinese woman’s concerns in relation to the philosophical discourse on ...
Linghui Nancy Zhou
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Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract This article explores how queerness and religion intersect in a unique enactment of Bathukamma, a flower festival honoring the female divine in Hyderabad, the capital of the South Indian state of Telangana. Drawing on theories of figuration, I analyze how local queer organizations celebrate the festival in a way that engages two distinctive ...
Stefan Binder
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Ambedkar and the Buddha's Sangha: A Ground for Buddhist Ethics
Caste, 2021 The saṅgha is one of the three jewels of the Buddhist tradition. While undervalued in many other Anglophone iterations of Buddhist modernism, Ambedkar’s approach to Buddhism placed a reconceptualized saṅgha at the center.
Timothy Loftus
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Spiritual Cannibalism in HRD: How Workplace Spirituality Devours Sacred Traditions
Human Resource Development Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper interrogates how the discourse of workplace spirituality in human resource development (HRD) operates as a tool of colonization. Through a systematic review of 48 articles published between 1997 and March 2025, the study uncovers recurring patterns of spiritual appropriation in which non‐Western traditions are detached from their ...
Shoaib Ul‐Haq
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