Women practicing Buddhism : American experiences /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston :
Wisdom Publications,
[2008]
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| Item Description: | Based on presentations at a conference held at Smith College in Northampton, Mass., Apr. 7-10, 2005. What does Buddhist practice mean to American women? / Susanne Mrozik -- North American Buddhist women in the international context / Karma Lekshe Tsomo -- Moving beyond gender / Bell Hooks -- Buddhism and creativity / Jane Hirshfield, Meredith Monk, Pat Enkyō O'Hara (moderator) -- Women changing Buddhism : feminist perspectives / Bell Hooks, Sharon Suh, Karma Lekshe Tsomo, Susanne Mrozik (moderator) -- Just power / Helen Tworkov -- Engaged Buddhism / Virginia Straus Benson, Diana Lion, Eve Marko, Hilda Ryūmon Gutiérrez Baldoquín (moderator) -- A Jewish woman and Buddhism / Sheila Peltz Weinberg -- Race, ethnicity, and class / Hilda Ryūmon Gutiérrez Baldoquín, Sharon Suh, Arinna Weisman, Carolyn Jacobs (moderator) -- Fashioning new selves : the experiences of Taiwanese Buddhist women / Carolyn Chen -- Growing up Buddhist / Alice Unno -- Women dharma teachers' forum / Thubten Chodron [and others]. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 239 pages ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: | 086171539X (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780861715398 (pbk. : alk. paper) |