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Korean Buddhist nuns and laywomen

Korean Buddhist nuns and laywomen hidden histories, enduring vitality / [electronic resource] : edited by Eun-su Cho. - Albany : State University of New York Press, c2011. - 1 online resource (xiii, 210 p. ) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Female Buddhist practice in Korea - a historical account / Eun-su Cho -- Male son masters' views on female disciples in later Koryo / Young Mi Kim -- Koryo ladies and the encouragement of Buddhism in Yuan China / Tonino Puggioni -- Two female masters of two eras: differences and commonalities in roles / Heung-sik Heo (translated by John Jorgensen) -- Marginalized and silenced: Buddhist nuns of the Choson period / John Jorgensen -- Buddhist nuns in Confucian Choson society / Ji-Young Jung -- The establishment of Buddhist nunneries in contemporary Korea / Pori Park.

9781438435121 1438435126




Buddhist nuns--Korea.
Monastic and religious life of women.
Monastic and religious life (Buddhism)--Korea.


Electronic books.

BQ6160.K6 / K67 2011

294.3/65708209519