Buddhist Teachers’ Responses to Sexual Violence: Epistemological Violence in American Buddhism

In 2018, popular North American Buddhist teacher, Noah Levine, was accused of sexual assault and misconduct. Several Buddhist teachers responded in Levine’s defense through a seemingly neutral posture of “waiting to find out” the truth. This paper examines these teachers’ responses, asking the quest...

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Main Author: Buckner, Ray (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 2020
In: Journal of global buddhism
Year: 2020, Volume: 21, Pages: 123-139
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Levine, Noah 1971- / USA / Buddhism / Sexual abuse / Assessment
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
BL Buddhism
KBQ North America
XA Law
Further subjects:B #metoo
B Anger
B Sexual Misconduct
B Feminism
B Noah Levine
B gender and sexuality
B American Buddhism
B Against the Stream
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