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Little Buddhas : children and childhoods in Buddhist texts and traditions /

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Consideration of children in the academic field of Religious Studies is taking root, but Buddhist Studies has yet to take notice. This collection is intended to open the question of children in Buddhism. It brings together a wide range of scholarship and expertise to address the question of what rol...

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Other Authors: Sasson, Vanessa R.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Series:Religion, culture, and history series.
Subjects:
Birgittenkloster Uden
Children > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
Religion.
Philosophy & Religion.
Buddhism.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
Buddhismus
Samgha
Kind
Buddhistische Literatur
Bhikku
Bhikkuni
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Consideration of children in the academic field of Religious Studies is taking root, but Buddhist Studies has yet to take notice. This collection is intended to open the question of children in Buddhism. It brings together a wide range of scholarship and expertise to address the question of what role children have played in the literature, in particular historical contexts, and what role they continue to play in specific Buddhist contexts today.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199979929
0199979928
9780199860272
0199860270