Author : Monica Lindberg Falk
Release : 2007
Genre : Religion
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 195/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Making Fields of Merit by : Monica Lindberg Falk
Download or read book Making Fields of Merit written by Monica Lindberg Falk. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This anthropological study addresses religion and gender relations through the lens of the lives, actions and role in Thai society of an order of Buddhist nuns (mae chii). It presents a unique ethnography of these Thai Buddhist nuns, examines what it implies to be a female ascetic in contemporary Thailand and analyses how the ordained state for women fits into the wider gender patterns found in Thai society. The study also deals with the nuns' agency in creating religious space and authority for women. In addition, it raises questions about how the position of Thai Buddhist nuns outside the Buddhist sanhga affects their religious legitimacy and describes recent moves to restore a Theravada order of female monks." -- BACK COVER.