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

A Christian Exploration of Women's Bodies and Rebirth in Shin Buddhism
Author: Kristin Johnston Largen
Price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 1498536565
ISBN-13: 9781498536561
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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.