Taiwan is often touted as the success story in scholarship on gender equality in Buddhism. Nuns there not only significantly outnumber monks, they also play an active leadership role in education, social welfare, charity, pastoral care, and environmental initiatives. Join Rongdao Lai, assistant professor of Religious Studies and East Asian Studies from McGill University, for a lecture, which will begin with the sociopolitical and economic contexts in the second half of the twentieth century, under which communities of Buddhist female practitioners thrived. The talk will then explore the various interpretations, expressions, and debates on gender in contemporary Buddhism in Taiwan. 4:15-5 p.m. Thurs., March 27 • Oechsle Hall, Room 224 • MORE
Submitted by: Gabby Hochfeld