03858nam 2200625Ia 450 991080769170332120200520144314.00-7914-8427-01-4237-4017-3(CKB)1000000000458419(OCoLC)62756702(CaPaEBR)ebrary10579276(SSID)ssj0000115441(PQKBManifestationID)11117287(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000115441(PQKBWorkID)10029483(PQKB)11281822(MiAaPQ)EBC3407853(OCoLC)62395547(MdBmJHUP)muse6210(DE-B1597)682458(DE-B1597)9780791484272(EXLCZ)99100000000045841920031222d2004 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBuddhist women and social justice ideals, challenges, and achievements /edited by Karma Lekshe TsomoAlbany State University of New York Pressc20041 online resourceSUNY series, feminist philosophy0-7914-6253-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-264) and index.Intro -- BUDDHIST WOMEN AND SOCIAL JUSTICE -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION. Family, Monastery, and Gender Justice: Reenvisioning Buddhist Institutions KARMA LEKSHE TSOMO -- Part One: Theoretical Foundations for Buddhist Social Action -- 1. Buddhist Understandings of Subjectivity ANNE CAROLYN KLEIN -- 2. Reflections on Buddhism, Gender, and Human Rights LIN CHEW -- 3. Is the Bhiksuni Vinaya Sexist? KARMA LEKSHE TSOMO -- 4. Transforming Conflict, Transforming Ourselves: Buddhism and Social Liberation PAULA GREEN -- 5. Redefining and Expanding the Self in Conflict Resolution MEENAKSHI CHHABRA -- 6. Integrating Feminist Theory and Engaged Buddhism: Counseling Women Survivors of Gender-Based Violence KATHRYN L. NORSWORTHY -- Part Two: Women Transforming Buddhist Societies -- 7. Reclaiming the Robe: Reviving the Bhikkhuni Order in Sri Lanka RANJANI DE SILVA -- 8. Dharma Education for Women in the Theravada Buddhist Community of Nepal SARAH LEVINE -- 9. Buddhism, Women, and Caste: The Case of the Newar Buddhists of the Kathmandu Valley DAVID N. GELLNER -- 10. Trafficking in Buddhist Girls: Empowerment through Prevention KHANDU LAMA -- 11. Khunying Kanitha: Thailand's Advocate for Women KARMA LEKSHE TSOMO -- 12. Crisis as Opportunity: Nuns and Cultural Change in the Spiti Valley MARGARET COBERLY -- 13. Spiritual Piety, Social Activism, and Economic Realities: The Nuns of Mantokuji DIANA E. WRIGHT -- 14. The Infinite Worlds of Taiwan's Buddhist Nuns ELISE ANNE DEVIDO -- 15. Resistance without Borders: An Exploration of Buddhist Nuns across Cultures CAREN I. OHLSON -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.Looks at Buddhist women's activism for social change from the time of Buddha to the present day.SUNY series, feminist philosophy.Buddhist womenSocial conditionsBuddhist monasticism and religious orders for womenFeminismReligious aspectsBuddhismSocial justiceBuddhist womenSocial conditions.Buddhist monasticism and religious orders for women.FeminismReligious aspectsBuddhism.Social justice.294.3/082Karma Lekshe TsomoBhiksuni,1944-1754828MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807691703321Buddhist women and social justice4198325UNINA