Little Buddhas children and childhoods in Buddhist texts and traditions

Consideration of children in the academic field of Religious Studies is taking root, but Buddhist Studies has yet to take notice. This collection is intended to open the question of children in Buddhism. It brings together a wide range of scholarship and expertise to address the question of what rol...

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Main Author: Sasson, Vanessa R.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2013, 2013
Series:AAR religion, culture, and history / AAR religion, culture, and history
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Consideration of children in the academic field of Religious Studies is taking root, but Buddhist Studies has yet to take notice. This collection is intended to open the question of children in Buddhism. It brings together a wide range of scholarship and expertise to address the question of what role children have played in the literature, in particular historical contexts, and what role they continue to play in specific Buddhist contexts today
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9780199979929