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Scholars working in Buddhist Studies, monastic studies, and studies of women and gender in religion or anthropology will undoubtedly benefit from reading ‘Gender and the Path to Awakening’.
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Hidden Histories of Thai Nuns with Martin Seeger – Podcast
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“This book is a welcome addition to the research on nuns and women in Buddhism. It is an important contribution for the study of material religion, gender and Buddhism, and Thai and Southeast Asian studies, both at the graduate and undergraduate levels.”
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“In Future Forward: The rise and fall of a Thai political party, Duncan McCargo and Anyarat Chattharakul explore how a new political entity surged to prominence.”
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“Editors Paul Chambers and Napisa Waitoolkiat bring to the body of literature an important book that examines a phenomenon often discussed but seldom defined convincingly, precisely due to the complex environment of Southeast Asia”
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‘Seeger has conducted meticulous research to uncover their stories and bring these women out of the shadows, by searching for local sources and challenging both the generalized descriptions of female practice and gender relations in Thai Buddhism’.
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‘A landmark publication. (…) a delight to read’
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‘This volume makes a major contribution’
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This is a formal academic work, replete with footnotes and weighted with appendices, but it is delivered with the sharp prose and flashes of color and humor that have always made Ricklefs’s books eminently readable.
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A remarkable book