Project

Institutional organisation of Buddhist nunneries in China: between past and present

Code
3G001309
Duration
01 January 2009 → 31 December 2014
Funding
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Research disciplines
  • Humanities
    • History of religions, churches and theology
    • Study of Buddhism
Keywords
gender institutional history buddhism
 
Project description

The research project studies the institutional organisation of Buddhist nunneries in a Chinese and in an international context. The focus lies on the attitude of nunneries towards tradition and present-day reality, as well as on their international role based on this attitude. The project aims at providing a scientifically well based research of the institutional position of nunneries within Buddhism.