Taiwanese Nuns and Education Issues in Contemporary Taiwan
In this article, I discuss the Buddhist educational profile of nuns in contemporary Taiwan by introducing the development of monastic education for women. Taiwanese women’s mass ordination created a Buddhist renaissance after postwar Taiwan, a national ordination system based on monastic discipline,...
Main Author: | Yu-Chen Li |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2022-09-01
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Series: | Religions |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/13/9/847 |
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