A Christian Exploration of Women's Bodies and Rebirth in Shin Buddhism

• Author(s): Kristin Johnston Largen,
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Pages: 212
• ISBN_10: 1498536565
  ISBN_13: 9781498536561
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Religion / Buddhism / Sacred Writings , Religion / Buddhism / Rituals & Practice , Religion / Comparative Religion , Religion / Sexuality & Gender Studies , Religion / Christian Living / Women's Interests ,

Description:... Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism inherited many negative doctrines around women’s bodies, which in some early Buddhist texts were presented as an obstacle to rebirth, and a hindrance to awakening in general. Beginning with an examination of these doctrines, the book explores Shin teachings and texts, as well as the Japanese context in which they developed, with a focus on women and rebirth in Amida’s Pure Land. These doctrines are then compared to similar doctrines in Christianity and used to suggestion fruitful avenues of Christian theological reflection.