When the Buddha Was a Woman: Reimagining Tradition in the Theravāda

Buddhist women are reclaiming Buddhist textual traditions as one strategy for improving status and opportunities in their communities. In this article, Derris examines one popular narrative from the Theravādin medieval world almost entirely forgotten in present-day conversations about the representa...

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Main Author: Derris, Karen (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Indiana University Press 2008
In: Journal of feminist studies in religion
Year: 2008, Volume: 24, Issue: 2, Pages: 29-44
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