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| Sexism vs. Superhuman Agency in the Theravada Buddhist Ritual System | ||
| 作者 | Mort, Joel ; Slone, D. Jason |
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| 出處題名 | Method & Theory in the Study of Religion |
| 卷期 | v.17 n.2 |
| 出版日期 | 2005 |
| 頁次 | 134 - 148 |
| 出版者 | Brill |
| 出版者網址 | http://www.brill.com/ |
| 出版地 | Leiden, the Netherlands [萊登, 荷蘭] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 附註項 | D. Jason Slone is Assistant Professor of Comparative Religion at University of Findlay. Joel Mort is International Fellow in Institute of Cognition and Culture at Queen’s University, Belfast. |
| 關鍵詞 | buddhism; conservatism; feminists; ritual; sexism |
| 摘要 | There are currently no fully ordained nuns in the Theravada Buddhist system. The doctrinal reason is because ordination ritual guidelines require the presence of senior nuns (of which, due to the dissolution of the nun orders, there are none) at a female's ordination. A more critical reason offered by feminists is that sexism (textual, traditional, and institutional) maintains the status quo. We argue that the Ritual Form Hypothesis of McCauley and Lawson (2002) best explains the continued lack of nun ordinations by making claims about cognitive constraints on ritual efficacy. Furthermore we predict that the institutional prevention of full nun ordinations will persist unless a new superhuman agent (i.e. a new Buddha) emerges with a new doctrine or unless Buddhists discover a different teaching that stipulates new conditions for ordination. Both are unlikely, however, given Theravada's theological conservatism. |
| 目次 | 1. Introduction 134 2. Cognitive Constraints and Cultural Forms 137 3. Will the Real Buddhists Please Stand Up? 139 4. Superhuman Agency in Religious Rituals 140 5. Predictions 143 6. Conclusions 145 References 146 |
| ISSN | 09433058 (P); 15700682 (E) |
| 點閱次數 | 324 |
| 建檔日期 | 2005.11.25 |
| 更新日期 | 2019.12.03 |
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