Kristin Johnston Largen

A Christian Exploration of Women's Bodies and Rebirth in Shin Buddhism (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Jodo Shinshu Buddhism inherited many negative doctrines around women's bodies, which in some early Buddhist texts were presented as an obstacle to rebirth, and a hindrance to awakening in general. Beginning with an examination of these doctrines, the book explores Shin teachings and texts, as well as the Japanese context in which they developed, with a focus on women and rebirth in Amida's Pure Land. These doctrines are then compared to similar doctrines in Christianity and used to suggestion fruitful avenues of Christian theological reflection.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 1
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781978789395
• Artikelnr.: 74842625

Autorenporträt

Kristin Johnston Largen is professor of systematic theology at United Lutheran Seminary and associate dean of religious & spiritual life/college chaplain at Gettysburg College.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Women's Bodies and Soteriology
Chapter One: Bodies in Early Indian Buddhism Contradictory Discourse on
Human Bodies
Chapter Two: Women in Medieval Japanese Society
Chapter Three: Shin Buddhism: History, Development, and Key Texts
Chapter Four: Women's Bodies in Shin Buddhist Texts
Chapter Five: Women and Shin Buddhism in the 21st Century Context
Bibliography
About the Author