Buddhist Women on the Edge
Contemporary Perspectives from the Western Frontier
$36.27
- Paperback
344 pages
- Release Date
15 July 2011
Summary
As Buddhism is assimilated into the West, it is imperative that women reshape its patriarchal structures and carve out a fully legitimate, empowering position for themselves. Marianne Dresser brings together the likes of Pema Chodron, Tsultrim Allione, and bell hooks, 30 women in all, who are doing just that. Writers, nuns, scholars, priests–even a martial arts master and a private investigator–discuss women in Buddhism in a range of essays. Several pieces question the suppression of emotion …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781556432033 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1556432038 |
| Author: | Marianne Dresser |
| Publisher: | North Atlantic Books,U.S. |
| Imprint: | North Atlantic Books,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 344 |
| Release Date: | 15 July 2011 |
| Weight: | 465g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 154mm x 17mm |
| Series: | Io Series |
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Critics Review
“A superb collection. Not only does this book fill a long-vacant gap, but the quality of work is astonishingly high.”-San Francisco Chronicle“As this collection reveals, women’s perspectives are significantly expanding the American Buddhist agenda. A path-breaking anthology.”-Shambhala Sun“Dresser has astutely laid out the parameter of contemporary Buddhist thought. This book is important reading regardless of your spiritual tradition or perspective. These essays pose questions at the very heart of existence, morality, and prosperity for thoughtful Americans living into the 21st century. Don’t miss this one!”-Bloomsbury Review
About The Author
Marianne Dresser
Marianne Dresser is the editor of Buddhist Women on the Edge, an anthology of female Buddhist voices, and a Buddhist practitioner.
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