Women Challenging the “Celibate” Buddhist Order: Recent Cases of Progress and Regress in the Sōtō School
This article will discuss the tension between the principle of celibacy (professed renunciation of secular life) and the fact of marriage by male priests in the Sōtō School. Although one hundred and forty-five years have passed since the government edict of 1872 that recognized marriage by Buddhist...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nanzan Institute
2017
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| In: |
Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 2017, Volume: 44, Issue: 1, Pages: 55-74 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Japan
/ Sōtōshū
/ Celibacy
/ Priest
/ Wife
/ Gender-specific role
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BL Buddhism KBM Asia KCA Monasticism; religious orders NCC Social ethics NCF Sexual ethics RB Church office; congregation |
| Further subjects: | B
Women
B Gender Equality B Buddhism B Religious Studies B Ordination B Priests B Wives B Public hearings B Temples |
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