Is the Glass Half-Empty or Half-Full? A Feminist Assessment of Buddhism at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century

Doctrinally, Buddhism is free of the myths and symbols that make some other religions so intractable to feminist reforms. In its philosophical views and its meditation practices, Buddhism has tremendous potential for deconstructing gender. In less than thirty years, we have gone from a situation in...

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Main Author: Gross, Rita M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2008
In: Feminist theology
Year: 2008, Volume: 16, Issue: 3, Pages: 291-311
Further subjects:B Buddhism
B Meditation
B Buddhist
B Nuns
B Gender
B Asian
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