Gender and the Path to Awakening: Hidden Histories of Nuns in Modern Thai Buddhism

by Martin Seeger

In Gender and the Path to Awakening, Martin Seeger lays out the nuances and varying conceptions of female renunciation in modern Thai Buddhism. Centered on long-term textual and ethnographic research on six remarkable female practitioners, Seeger considers trends and changes over the last 140 years in the practices of female renunciants and their devotees. He also investigates understandings of female sainthood in Thai Buddhism, its expressions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 6162151476
• ISBN13: 9786162151477
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher