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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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- 1 The Spectrum of Female Renunciation
- 2 Motivations for Renunciation
- 3 Becoming a Buddhist Nun
- 4 Political and Legal Provisions
- 5 Religious Transactions with Society
- 6 Scholastic Lineage and Nuns’ Education
- 7 Nunneries and Nunnery Schools
- 8 Passing on the Legacy
- Conclusion
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index.