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1 online resource (vi, 280 pages). |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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SUNY series, feminist philosophy
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SUNY series, feminist philosophy.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-264) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Family, monastery, and gender justice: reenvisioning Buddhist institutions / Karma Lekshe Tsomo -- PART ONE : THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR BUDDHIST SOCIAL ACTION -- Buddhist understandings of subjectivity / Anne Carolyn Klein -- Reflections on Buddhism, gender, and human rights / Lin Chew -- Is the Bhikṛuṇī Vinaya sexist? / Karma Lekshe Tsomo -- Transforming conflict, transforming ourselves: Buddhism and social liberation / Paula Green -- Redefining and expanding the self in conflict resolution / Meenakshi Chhabra -- Integrating feminist theory and engaged Buddhism: counseling women survivors of gender-based violence / Kathryn L. Norsworthy -- PART TWO : WOMEN TRANSFORMING BUDDHIST SOCIETIES -- Reclaiming the robe: reviving the Bhikkhunī Order in Sri Lanka / Ranjani de Silva -- Dharma education for women in the Theravāda Buddhist community of Nepal / Sarah Le Vine -- Buddhism, women, and caste: the case of the Newar Buddhists of the Kathmandu Valley / David N. Gellner -- Trafficking in Buddhist girls: empowerment through prevention / Khandu Lama -- Khunying Kanitha: Thailand's advocate for women / Karma Lekshe Tsomo -- Crisis as opportunity: nuns and cultural change in the Spiti Valley / Margaret Coberly -- Spiritual piety, social activism, and economic realities: the nuns of Mantokuji / Diana E. Wright -- Infinite worlds of Taiwan's Buddhist nuns / Elise Anne DeVido -- Resistance without borders: an exploration of Buddhist nuns across cultures / Caren I. Ohlson. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Buddhist women -- Social conditions.
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Buddhist women. |
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Social conditions. |
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Buddhist monasticism and religious orders for women.
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Buddhist monasticism and religious orders for women. |
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Feminism -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.
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Feminism -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism. |
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Social justice.
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Social justice. |
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Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Feminism. |
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Women's movement. |
| Added Author |
Karma Lekshe Tsomo, 1944-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Buddhist women and social justice. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2004 0791462536 0791462544 (DLC) 2003070446 (OCoLC)54022635 |
| ISBN |
1423740173 (electronic book) |
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9781423740179 (electronic book) |
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0791462536 (alkaline paper) |
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9780791462539 (alkaline paper) |
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0791462544 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780791462546 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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