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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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Californiarnia Press
2016
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Nova religio
Year: 2016, Volume: 19, Issue: 3, Pages: 54-77 |
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Taiwanese Buddhism
B Gender B LGBT B women’s social engagement |
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