RT Book
T1 A Christian exploration of women's bodies and rebirth in Shin Buddhism
A1 Largen, Kristin Johnston 1968-
LA English
PP Lanham Boulder New York London
PB Lexington Books
YR 2020
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1743187130
AB This book explores challenging doctrines dealing with women's bodies and rebirth in Shin Buddhism, and relates those teachings to similar concerns around women's bodies in Christianity.
AB Intro -- A Christian Exploration of Women's Bodies and Rebirth in Shin Buddhism -- Cover -- A Christian Exploration of Women's Bodies and Rebirth in Shin Buddhism -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Contradictory Messages About the Body -- Women's Bodies: Problem and Promise -- Comparative Theology -- Women's Bodies and Christianity -- Christian Counter-Voices -- Bodies and Shin Buddhism -- Notes -- Chapter 1 -- Early Indian Buddhism -- The Texts of Early Buddhism -- Gautama Buddha's Own Body: Moderation, Beauty and Self-Giving -- The Role of the Body in Monastic Meditation Practices -- Bodies: Burdensome, Significant, and Highly Suspect -- Notes -- Chapter 2 -- Women in Medieval Japanese Society -- Introduction: The Sun and the Moon -- The Medieval Japanese Context -- Buddhism Comes to Japan -- Medieval Buddhist Teachings on Women and Women's Bodies -- Women's Lives in Medieval Japanese Society -- Neo-Confucianism Comes to Japan -- Christianity in Japan -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 3 -- Shin Buddhism -- True Pure Land Teaching -- Hōnen and Jōdo Shū Buddhism -- The Life of Shinran Shonin -- Basic Tenets of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism -- Key Texts -- Conclusion: The Teaching of Emptiness (Śūnyatā) -- Notes -- Chapter 4 -- Women's Bodies in Shin Buddhist Texts -- Three Pure Land Sutras -- Vasubandhu -- Shin Interpretation of the 35th Vow, an Introduction -- Shinran: Ambiguity and Silence -- Shinran's Personal Experience -- Rennyo -- Later Shin Interpreters -- Gender and the Pure Land in Practice -- A Conclusion without a Resolution -- Notes -- Chapter 5 -- Women and Shin Buddhism in the 21st-Century Context -- Five Possible Strategies -- Commitments that Shape Buddhist Responses -- Relevance for Christianity -- Making Room at the Table -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
OP 185
NO Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
CN 294.3082
SN 978-1-4985-3656-1
K1 Women-Religious aspects-Buddhism
K1 Electronic books