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Women in American Zen: Variations on Adaptations of Religious Authority
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Irion, Susan J.
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1070483986
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Year and Degree
2003, Master of Arts, Miami University, Religion.
Abstract
This thesis looks at accommodation of American Zen communities, specifically rejection or modification of Zen rituals from feminist concerns. The work looks at some traditional practices such as dharma transmission, bowing as well the encouragement stick. This work looks at how these rituals function in the Asian context and why they might be perceived as subject to elimination due to patriarchal bias. This thesis also looks at systems of control in the Japanese monastery as well as contrasting functions of the Zen teacher in the Asian and American contexts. Using a two-case approach, chapters two and three analyze the possible variations and motivations for these adaptations, and why women Zen teachers in America are at the forefront of this movement.
Committee
Elizabeth Wilson (Advisor)
Pages
57 p.
Subject Headings
Religion, General
Keywords
Women in Zen
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Zen in America
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Irion, S. J. (2003).
Women in American Zen: Variations on Adaptations of Religious Authority
[Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1070483986
APA Style (7th edition)
Irion, Susan.
Women in American Zen: Variations on Adaptations of Religious Authority.
2003. Miami University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1070483986.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Irion, Susan. "Women in American Zen: Variations on Adaptations of Religious Authority." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1070483986
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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