Gender Asymmetry and Nuns’ Agency in the Asian Buddhist Traditions

• その他の著者: Schneider, Nicola (編集者)
• フォーマット: 電子媒体 図書の章
• 言語: 英語
• 出版事項: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• 主題: Religion & beliefs; Buddhism; Buddhist nuns; gender asymmetry; education; ordination; Asia
• オンライン･アクセス: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

In Buddhist monasticism, women are relegated to second rank, mainly for two reasons: first, they do not always have access to the same level of education as their male counterparts and are therefore not credited with the same learning (erudition); second, in some countries, they are excluded from on...