Little Buddhas: children and childhoods in Buddhist texts and traditions

Consideration of children in the academic field of Religious Studies is taking root, but Buddhist Studies has yet to take notice. This collection is intended to open the question of children in Buddhism. It brings together a wide range of scholarship and expertise to address the question of what rol...

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Collaborateurs: Sasson, Vanessa R. (Autre)
Type de support: Électronique Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: New York Oxford Oxford University Press 2013
Dans:Année: 2013
Collection/Revue:AAR religion, culture, and history
Sujets non-standardisés:B Children Religious aspects Buddhism
B Children ; Religious aspects ; Buddhism
Accès en ligne: Volltext (Resolving-System; OUP)
Édition parallèle:Print version: 9780199860265
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Résumé:Consideration of children in the academic field of Religious Studies is taking root, but Buddhist Studies has yet to take notice. This collection is intended to open the question of children in Buddhism. It brings together a wide range of scholarship and expertise to address the question of what role children have played in the literature, in particular historical contexts, and what role they continue to play in specific Buddhist contexts today
Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0199979928
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199860265.001.0001