Women, Ordination, and a Buddhist Perspective: A Violation of Rights?
Taking women’s ordination - a main gender issue debated in Buddhism - as an example, I reason why discrimination against women in religion not only violates women’s human rights but also basic Buddhist principles such as non-violence. I question whether from a Buddhist perspective religion and right...
| Published in: | Religious studies and theology |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Equinox Publ.
2017
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| In: |
Religious studies and theology
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| Further subjects: | B
women’s ordination
B Gender Equality B Buddhism B Gender Justice B women’s human rights |
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| Summary: | Taking women’s ordination - a main gender issue debated in Buddhism - as an example, I reason why discrimination against women in religion not only violates women’s human rights but also basic Buddhist principles such as non-violence. I question whether from a Buddhist perspective religion and rights are two mutually exclusive terms, and then discuss two areas of tension: a tension between religious and secular law, on the one hand, and a tension between religious freedom and gender equality, on the other. Based on this, I analyse how the dynamics of these areas of tension and gender issues could become a driving force for interreligious dialogue and for dialogue between religions and secular societies. |
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| ISSN: | 1747-5414 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religious studies and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/rsth.35158 |