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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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Sage
2008
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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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