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Socially Engaged Buddhist Nuns: Activism In Taiwan and North America
Author Karma Lekshe Tsomo
Source Journal of Global Buddhism
Volumev.10 Special Focus: Buddhist Activism and Chinese Modernity
Date2009
Pages459 - 485
PublisherJournal of Global Buddhism
Publisher Url https://www.unilu.ch/en/faculties/faculty-of-humanities-and-social-sciences/institutes-departements-and-research-centres/department-for-the-study-of-religions/
LocationLucerne, Switzerland
Content type期刊論文=Journal Article
Language英文=English
Note1. Research Articles
2. Author Affiliations: Department of Theology and Religious Studies University of San Diego 5998 Alcalá Park, San Diego, CA 92110
AbstractThe last decades of the twentieth century have been a time of new visibility and social activism for Buddhists in Taiwan and around the world. This paper compares the social engagement of nuns in the Chinese Buddhist tradition in Taiwan and North America. I would like to argue that whereas nuns in Taiwan have developed a variety of approaches to social involvement, their counterparts in the Chinese diaspora in North America have had to face a set of challenges specific to overseas Chinese communities in addition to Chinese Buddhist tradition. The article concludes with reflections on the prospects for nuns' social activism in Taiwan and North America in future years.
Table of contentsIntroduction 459
Activism in Context 461
A New Generation of Buddhist Nuns in Taiwan 463
Luminary Activist Nuns 465
Images of Activism 467
Taiwanese Nuns in North America 472
Philosophical Qualms and Future Prospects 478
ISSN15276457 (E)
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Created date2020.07.07
Modified date2020.11.18



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