Children of Buddha, or Caretakers of Women?: Self-Understandings of Ordained Buddhist Women in Contemporary Japan
This paper deals with the self-understandings of ordained Buddhist women (nisō 尼僧, ama 尼) in contemporary Japan. Their situation is characterized by discrimination and limited access to clerical positions on the one hand and, with the exception of monastic nuns, by their lack of a clearly defined ro...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2015
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Journal of Religion in Japan
Year: 2015, Volume: 4, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 184-211 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Japan
/ Buddhism
/ Nun
/ Self-understanding
/ Gender-specific role
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| RelBib Classification: | BL Buddhism KBM Asia |
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Buddhist Nuns
ordained women
contemporary Buddhism
clerical training
gender conceptions
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