DeVido Taiwan's Buddhist Nuns

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4384-3149-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 206 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Explores the milieu of Taiwan’s Buddhist nuns, who have the greatest numbers in the Buddhist world and a prominent place in their own country.

Autoren/Hrsg.

DeVido, Elise Anne

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Maps and Illustrations
Preface
Credits and Acknowledgments
Note on Romanizations and Names
Introduction

1. The Infinite Worlds of Taiwan’s Buddhist Nuns

2. An Audience with Master Zhengyan

3. “Project Hope”: The Ciji Foundation’s Post-‘9.21. Earthquake’ School Reconstruction Plan in Taiwan

4. The Women of Ciji: Nuns, Laypeople, and the Bodhisattva Guanyin

5. Jueshu renhua—“Cultivating Buddhist Leaders, Awakening Humanity’s Essence through Education”: The Nuns of Luminary Buddhist Institute

6. “Buddhism for the Human Realm” and Women

Conclusion
Buddhism, Women, and Civil Society in Taiwan
Notes
Glossary of Selected Chinese Characters
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Elise Anne DeVido is Assistant Professor of History at St. Bonaventure University.