Mothers and Moral Activists: Two Models of Women’s Social Engagement in Contemporary Taiwanese Buddhism

In this article we identify two models of women’s social engagement in contemporary Taiwanese Buddhism: mother and moral activist. The model of mother is represented by the famous Tzu Chi founder Shih Cheng Yen (b. 1937)—a Buddhist nun who is viewed by her followers as the embodiment of the compassi...

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Authors: Lee, Chengpang (Author) ; Han, Ling (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Californiarnia Press 2016
In: Nova religio
Year: 2016, Volume: 19, Issue: 3, Pages: 54-77
Further subjects:B Taiwanese Buddhism
B Gender
B LGBT
B women’s social engagement
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