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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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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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Reshaping Gendered Boundaries: Buddhist Women’s Monastic Experience in Korean Buddhism
ReligionsDuring the Chosŏn period (1392–1910) and the colonial period (1910–1945), in Korean Buddhism, Buddhist monks’ and nuns’ monastic experiences were influenced not only by the existing social norms but also by the androcentric monastic regulations, such as ...
Jeongeun Park
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American Ethnologist, EarlyView.Abstract Engaged Dharma Israel (EDI), a radical‐left group, combines Buddhist‐inspired contemplation with anti‐occupation activism in solidarity with Palestinians. For EDI, ethical self‐cultivation and political resistance are mutually sustaining commitments, yet their relationship demands ongoing, sometimes anxious work.
Ori Mautner
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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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, 2020 In the preceding chapter, I explored ways Buddhism’s concept of no-self can fit within contemporary feminist models—particularly those that resist essentializing women and the feminine. I will examine, in this chapter, Buddhist stories and philosophy that make distinct the role of women from men.
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Patience Stones: Material Encounters for Slow Currents of Pedagogy
International Journal of Art &Design Education, EarlyView.Abstract This article moves across sites in Canada and Japan with the practice of making Patience Stones (Sang‐e Saboor), a biodegradable, dough‐based artistic and pedagogical object that invites artist–teachers and artist–learners into with‐nessing and slow becoming.
Marzieh Mosavarzadeh, Ken Morimoto
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சங்க மருவிய காலத்தில் பெண்கள் வாழ்வியல் – நாலடியார் / Women's Lifestyle in the Post-Sangam Era – Naladiyar [PDF]
Pandian Journal of Women's StudiesThe post-Sangam era, when love and bravery were considered the two eyes of life, is the period after the Sangam era. Since many moral books were written during this period, it is also called the period of morality.
தேவசுந்தரம் தினுஷிகா / Devasundaram Dinushika
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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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Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aim To identify nurse practitioners' and registered nurses' willingness to participate in voluntary assisted dying, and the factors that influence these decisions. Design A cross‐sectional design. Methods An online survey was disseminated to members of 16 professional nursing organisations and associations between April and August 2024 ...
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