Gendered Agency in Transcultural Hinduism and Buddhism

Ute Hüsken, Agi Wittich, Nanette R. Spina (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

292 Seiten

2024
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-55933-9 (ISBN)

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Focusing on complex entanglements of religion and gender from a diversity of perspectives, this book explores how women enact agencies in transcultural Hindu and Buddhist settings. The chapters draw on original, in-depth empirical research in various contexts in South Asian religious traditions. Today, in an increasing number of such contexts, women are able to undergo monastic and priestly education, receive ordination/initiation as nuns and priestesses, and are accepted as ascetic religious leaders. They are starting to establish new religious communities within conservative traditions, occupying religious leadership positions on par with men. This volume considers the historical background, contemporary trajectories, and potential impact of the emergence of these new and powerful female agencies in conservative South Asian religious traditions. It will be of particular interest to scholars of religion, women’s and gender studies, and South Asian studies.

Ute Hüsken is Professor and Head of the Department of Cultural and Religious History of South Asia (Classical Indology) in the South Asia Institute at Heidelberg University, Germany. Agi Wittich holds a PhD in Comparative Religions from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Nanette R. Spina is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Georgia, USA.

1. From Matriarch to Divine Mother: Caste, Gender, and Deification in Hagiographies of Satīmā 2. Biographies of Enhanced Agency and Self-Made Gurus: From Housewives into Founders of Guru-Bhakti Communities 3. Women’s Ritual Expression and Religious Agency: Om Śakti Communicating Innovation in Contemporary Hinduism 4. Forgotten Priestesses: A ‘witch,’ a Queen and a Ritual Stew 5. Women Sharing Bhakti, Women Singing Devotion: Friends, Teachers, and Leaders in the Hindu Diaspora 6. Reinventing Selves: Religiosity and Female Agency in the Siri Tradition of Tulunad in India 7. Yoga’s Red Tent: Menstrual-Oriented Iyengar Yoga Practices 8. Womanhood and Female Agency in Bengali Vaishnava Sahajiya Tradition 9. Encountering in a New Phase: Monastic Education for Buddhist Nuns in Sri Lanka 10. Against Marginality, Inequality, and Dependency: Remarkable Buddhist Nuns in Sikkim 11. Global South Coalition for Dignified Menstruation 12. The Changing Attitudes Towards Female Priesthood in Hinduism: Insights from Pune, Southern India 13. Beyond Boundaries: A Modern Buddhist Nun’s Journey Towards Enlightenment 14. Luminous Insight: An Interview with Ayyā Tathālokā from Dhammadharini Monastery (USA)

Erscheinungsdatum	05.04.2024
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Critical Studies in Religion, Gender and Sexuality
Zusatzinfo	8 Halftones, black and white; 8 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	712 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Hinduismus
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	1-032-55933-0 / 1032559330
ISBN-13	978-1-032-55933-9 / 9781032559339
Zustand	Neuware