1. Science, Technology and Society in the Asia-Pacific Region
2. Author Affiliation: University of Cambridge, UK
摘要
While the community development activities of Thai monks have received a good deal of attention, little consideration has been given to women, who are traditionally excluded from full membership of the sangha. These are, however, women lay practitioners of Buddhism known as mae chii, who are increasingly undertaking social roles which are similar and, in some cases, complementary to those of the monks. Such roles on the part of both monks and mae chii need to be set within the context of Tambiah's work on the worldly aspects of Thai Buddhism and his emphasis on the need to explore the continuities and the transformations between the anthropology and the history of religion.
目次
Women in Thai society 121 Thai Buddhist Attitudes to Women 122 Thailand's Lay Nuns 124 Education and Social Service 125 Three Mae Chii Institutes 128 Results of an Investigation 129 Attitudes to Social Service 132 Women's Ordination 136 Conclusions 138 Notes 141