Renunciation and empowerment of Buddhist nuns in Myanmar-Burma : building a community of female faithful / / by Hiroko Kawanami.

Myanmar-Burma has one of the largest concentrations of Buddhist nuns and monks in the world today. In Renunciation and Empowerment of Buddhist Nuns in Myanmar-Burma , Kawanami traces the nun's scholarly lineage in modern Myanmar history and examines their contemporary religious position in Myan...

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Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:Social sciences in Asia, v. 33
Social Sciences in Asia 33.
Physical Description:1 online resource (270 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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