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Laughter, Creativity, and Perseverance - Female Agency in Buddhism and Hinduism (Hardcover)
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Laughter, Creativity, and Perseverance - Female Agency in Buddhism and Hinduism (Hardcover)
Series: AAR RELIGION CULTURE AND HISTORY SERIES
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In most mainstream traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism, women have
for centuries largely been excluded from positions of religious and
ritual leadership. However, as this volume shows, in an increasing
number of late-20th-century and early-21st-century contexts, women
can and do undergo monastic and priestly education; they can
receive ordination/initiation as Buddhist nuns or Hindu
priestesses; and they are accepted as religious and political
leaders. Even though these processes still take place largely
outside or at the margins of traditional religious institutions, it
is clear that women are actually establishing new religious trends
and currents. They are attracting followers, and they are occupying
religious positions on par with men. At times women are filling a
void left behind by male religious specialists who left the
profession, and at times they are perceived as their rivals. In
some cases, this process takes place in collaboration with male
religious specialists, in others against the will of the women's
male counterparts. However, in most cases we see both acceptance
and resistance. Whether silently or with great fanfare, women are
grasping new opportunities to occupy positions of leadership. This
book offers ten in-depth case studies analysing culturally,
historically, and geographically unique situations in order to
explore the historical background, contemporary trajectories, and
impact of the emergence of new and powerful forms of female agency
in mostly conservative Hindu and Buddhist religious traditions.
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