Family in Buddhism

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Family and the Construction of Religious CommunitiesLiz Wilson Part I. Historical Families, Imagined Families 2. Serving the Emperor by Serving the Buddha: Imperial Buddhist Monks and Nuns and Abbots, Abbesses, and Adoptees in Early Modern JapanGina Cogan 3. The Tantric Family Romance: Sex and the Construction of Social Identity in Tantric Buddhist RitualDavid Gray 4. Bone and Heart Sons: Biological and Imagined Kin in the Creation of Family Lineage in Tibetan BuddhismAmy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa 5. Families Matter: Ambiguous Attitudes toward Child Ordination in Contemporary Sri LankaJeffrey Samuels Part II. Parents and Children 6. The Passion of Mulian's Mother: Narrative Blood and Maternal Sacrifices in Chinese BuddhismAlan Cole 7. M?y?'s Disappearing Act: Motherhood in Early Buddhist LiteratureVanessa R. Sasson 8. Mother as Character Coach: Maternal Agency in the Birth of S?valiLiz Wilson Part III. Wives and Husbands 9. Yasodhar? in the Buddhist Imagination: Three Portraits Spanning the CenturiesRanjini Obeyesekere 10. Evangelizing the Happily Married Man through Low Talk: On Sexual and Scatological Language in the Buddhist Tale of NandaAmy Paris Langenberg 11. Runaway Brides: Tensions Surrounding Marital Expectations in the Avad?na?ataka Phillip Green 12. The Priesthood as a Family Trade: Reconsidering Monastic Marriage in Premodern JapanLori Meeks Contributors IndexReview Quotes: Wilson frames the pieces with an introduction that effectively grounds their specialized and occasionally esoteric focuses. This work is best suited for advanced undergraduates and graduate students learning to think outside the box of traditional scholarship and methodologies. "CHOICE""Biographical Note: Liz Wilson is Professor of Comparative Religion at Miami University in Ohio. She is the editor of "The Living and the Dead: Social Dimensions of Death in South Asian Religions," also published by SUNY Press, and the author of "Charming Cadavers: Horrific Figurations of the Feminine in Indian Buddhist Hagiographic Literature." Review Citations: Choice 02/01/2014 (EAN 9781438447537, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Wilson, Liz Liz Wilson is an experienced coach, mentor and trainer. She runs a consulting firm that specializees in emotional intelligence coaching.