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Socially Engaged Buddhist Nuns: Activism In Taiwan and North America |
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Author |
Karma Lekshe Tsomo
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Source |
Journal of Global Buddhism
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Volume | v.10 Special Focus: Buddhist Activism and Chinese Modernity |
Date | 2009 |
Pages | 459 - 485 |
Publisher | Journal 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/
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Location | Lucerne, Switzerland |
Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
Language | 英文=English |
Note | 1. Research Articles 2. Author Affiliations: Department of Theology and Religious Studies University of San Diego 5998 Alcalá Park, San Diego, CA 92110 |
Abstract | The 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 contents | Introduction 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 |
ISSN | 15276457 (E) |
Hits | 278 |
Created date | 2020.07.07 |
Modified date | 2020.11.18 |
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