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Women's Access to the Buddha in Southeast Asia
HDS 3504

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Description

Women remain the most active supporters of Buddhist institutions across Southeast Asia despite widely held understandings of women's karmic inferiority. This central tension in the study of Buddhism will form the core of our study of women's devotion to the Buddha in Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, and Sri Lanka. The course advances through close study of ethnographic case studies, auto/biographies, and other vernacular works (in translation).

Course Notes

For permission to enroll, please email a paragraph to Prof. Long (mk.long@dartmouth.edu) describing your interest in the class and any relevant background.

School Harvard Divinity School
Credits 4
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Course Component Seminar
Instruction Mode In Person
Grading Basis HDS Student Option (LG/SUS)
MTS/ThM Area of Focus Buddhist Studies
Gender, Sexuality, and Religion
Religion, Literature, and Culture
South and Southeast Asian Religious Traditions
Arts of Ministry Pastoral Care and Counseling
MDiv Histories, Theologies, and Practices Buddhist Studies
South Asian Religions
Language Course Type N/A
Language Taught N/A
MDiv Scriptural Interpretation Buddhist Studies
South Asian Religions
Course Level N/A