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Religions, 2022 This paper investigates how young Japanese women in contemporary Soka Gakkai (SG) navigate Japan’s continuous gender stratified society that remains culturally rooted in the ‘salaryman-housewife’ ideology.
Anne Mette Fisker-Nielsen
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Feminist Buddhism as Praxis: Women in Traditional Buddhism
Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, 2003 This paper discusses a project the author has been engaged in since 1994 with women in the Japanese Buddhist community who are working across sectarian boundaries to recreate a Buddhism that goes beyond patriarchy. While the celibacy prized by many Buddhist orders that profess renunciation of secular married life has resulted in oppression of women ...
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While the study of modern Buddhism has advanced significantly in recent decades, research on women and gender within modern Buddhism has lagged behind. This special section explores the roles of women in Nichiren Buddhism, with a particular focus on the ...
GODART, Clinton
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Amida Worship and Religious Practices: Women’s Role in Nara Period Buddhist Art
Global Perspectives on JapanArt is a powerful medium for communicating with the divine, expressing the inexpressible, and enhancing religious rituals. Buddhism was introduced to Japan in the 6th century, profoundly enriching this connection and fostering a vibrant ...
Selin Özdemir
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Religions, 2023 Since 1978, mass religious conversion has been a prominent feature of Chinese religious life. In the 1980s and 1990s, the “Five types of believers’ distribution (Wuduo, 五多)” were characterized by the inclusion of “more women”, “more elderly”, “more sick ...
Feng Li, Qian Wang
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Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.Anti‐Protestantism was one of the reasons for the revival of missions during the interwar period. By the 1960s, however, Protestants were less and less often mentioned as a threat to missionary efforts, and the decline in inter‐confessional tensions was increasingly considered a relic of the past.
Giacomo Canepa
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A Revolution in Red Robes: Tibetan Nuns Obtaining the Doctoral Degree in Buddhist Studies (Geshema)
Religions, 2022 In the past, Tibetan nuns had no access to formal monastic education and thus could not obtain the two main diplomas and titles that are common in Tibetan Buddhism: the khenpo (mkhan po) degree in the more practice-oriented Nyingmapa school and the geshe
Nicola Schneider
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State of the Field: Royal Studies and Court Studies
History, EarlyView.Abstract Monarchy, as the world's oldest and most enduring form of political organization, is an area that has attracted the attention of scholars from a range of disciplines. Two connected and complementary fields embody this interdisciplinary study of monarchy and monarchies: royal studies, which takes an all‐encompassing approach to monarchy, and ...
Jonathan Spangler, Elena Woodacre
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ReligionsThis article examines the concept of female-to-male transformation in Daoism inner alchemy for women (nüdan 女丹) and Buddhism, both of which have records of female practitioners and nuns being required to transform their bodies into men, such as “women ...
Qiongke Geng
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Buddhism and development: a background paper [PDF]
, 2007 The aim of this study is to provide a background paper that is concerned with the intersection between Buddhism and international development. Firstly, it provides a brief overview of Buddhist teachings, beliefs and practices; secondly, it will discuss ...
Tomalin, Emma
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