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A Hybrid Form of Spirituality and the Challenge of a Dualistic Gender Role: The Spiritual Quest of a Woman Priest in Tendai Buddhism |
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Kuroki, Masako (著)=黒木雅子 (au.)
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| Source |
Japanese Journal of Religious Studies
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| Volume | v.38 n.2 |
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| Date | 2011 |
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| Pages | 369 - 385 |
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| Publisher | Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture=南山宗教文化研究所 |
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http://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/en/
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| Location | 名古屋, 日本 [Nagoya, Japan] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | Kuroki Masako is a professor of sociology at Kyoto Gakuen University, and a member of
the Board of Advisors of the International Institute for the Study of Religion, Japan. |
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| Keyword | spiritual quest (gudō); Tendai Buddhist women priest; station in life; dualistic gender role; spiritual hybridity |
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| Abstract | This article is an examination of the unconventional spiritual exploration
that one woman, a priest of the Tendai School, engaged in from her twenties
into her fifties. It follows her conflicts regarding her spiritual quest and
gender roles, and further through her encounters with Christianity, Shinto,
and Buddhism. Throughout these encounters, she pressed ahead in her spiritual
explorations while persistently refusing to make an either-or choice in her life,
neither choosing between immersion in gender roles and pursuit of her quest,
nor among the three religions. Neither rejecting nor choosing from these alternatives,
she pursued her quest until it finally led her to find her “true station in
life” in Buddhism. Until she reached that point, however, her path was not so
much a trajectory through choices she made of her own volition as it was a process
of rushing headlong, as though across an “invisible map,” and being guided
to experience those encounters. Ever since building her own temple, however,
she has still held the multiple identities of priest, Japanese language teacher,
wife, and mother while also continuing her spiritual quest in the very midst of
the secular world. This article examines how a certain woman maintained her
unconventional spiritual exploration for forty years, and how she met the
challenge of a hybrid form of spirituality and dualistic gender roles. |
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| ISSN | 03041042 (P) |
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| Created date | 2013.04.16 |
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| Modified date | 2017.09.13 |
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