Screen LibraryTaiwan's Buddhist nuns
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SUNY Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Albany |
| Publication Dates: | c2010. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xv, 188 p.: ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781438431475 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1438431473 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781438431482 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1438431481 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | B947 |
| CLC: | B947.258 |
| Call Number: | B947.258/D492 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. ""DeVido show an intimate familiarity with both her book's subjects and the social cultural context in which they live and practice."-Beata Grant, author of Eminent Nuns: Women Chan Masters of Seventeenth-Century China" "Taiwan's Buddhist nuns are as unique as they are noteworthy. Boasting the greatest number of Buddhist nuns of any country, Taiwan has a much larger number of nuns than monks. These women are well known and well regarded as dharma teachers and for the social service work that has made them a central part of Taiwan's civil society. In this, the first English-language book excl |