Laughter, Creativity, and Perseverance

Female Agency in Buddhism and Hinduism

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

AvUte Hüsken,Ute, Hüsken,Ute Hüsken,Heidelberg University) Husken, Ute (Professor and Head of the Department of Cultural and Religious History of South Asia (Classical Indology, South Asia Institute), Professor and Head of the Department of Cultural and Religious History of South Asia (Classical Indology, South Asia Institute)

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In most mainstream traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism, women have for centuries largely been excluded from positions of religious and ritual leadership. However, as this volume shows, in an increasing number of late-20th-century and early-21st-century contexts, women can and do undergo monastic and priestly education; they can receive ordination/initiation as Buddhist nuns or Hindu priestesses; and they are accepted as religious and political leaders. Even though these processes still take place largely outside or at the margins of traditional religious institutions, it is clear that women are actually establishing new religious trends and currents. They are attracting followers, and they are occupying religious positions on par with men. At times women are filling a void left behind by male religious specialists who left the profession, and at times they are perceived as their rivals. In some cases, this process takes place in collaboration with male religious specialists, in others against the will of the women's male counterparts. However, in most cases we see both acceptance and resistance. Whether silently or with great fanfare, women are grasping new opportunities to occupy positions of leadership. This book offers ten in-depth case studies analysing culturally, historically, and geographically unique situations in order to explore the historical background, contemporary trajectories, and impact of the emergence of new and powerful forms of female agency in mostly conservative Hindu and Buddhist religious traditions.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2022-12-21
Mått237 x 163 x 24 mm
Vikt585 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieAAR RELIGION CULTURE AND HISTORY SERIES
Antal sidor294
FörlagOUP USA
ISBN9780197603727

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Introduction: Female Agency in Buddhist and Hindu ContextsUte HüskenSection 1: Renewing Religion in Female Spaces1.1 Exclusion, Secrecy and the (Under)ground: Dynamics of Female Religious and Ritual Agency in KalmykiaValeriya Gazizova1.2 "This is not a Home, it is a Temple": Creative Agency in Navarattitri KoluIna Marie Lunde IlkamaSection 2: Appropriation of Male Spaces2.1 Body-Politics and the Gendered Politics of Hindu Militancy: Shiv Sena Women and Political Agency in Western IndiaTarini Bedi2.2 Buddhist 'Radicalism' - A Vehicle for Female Empowerment?Melyn McKay & Iselin Frydenlund2.3 Laughing on a Rooftop: Female Buddhist Agency as Local in Lumbini, NepalAmy Paris Langenberg2.4 Right to Pray: A Comparative Analysis of Sabarimala and Sani Shefali MoreSection 3: Performing Religion Publicly3.1 Hindu Women and the Gendering of Religious and Ritual Authority in TrinidadPriyanka Ramlakhan3.2 Tradition, Innovation, and Resistance? Training Girls in Sanskrit and Vedic RitualsUte Hüsken3.3 "I Will be the Sankaracarya for Women!": Gender, Agency, and a Guru's Quest for Equality in HinduismAntoinette Elizabeth DeNapoliSection 4: Research Strategies4 Female Agency in Buddhism and Hinduism: Methodological Reflections and Collective CommitmentsCaroline Starkey