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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Jaini, Padmanabh Shreevarma (1923-....)
Titre(s) : Gender and salvation [Texte imprimé] : jaina debates on the spiritual liberation of women / Padmanabh S. Jaini ; [with a foreword by Robert P. Glodman]
Publication : Berkeley (Calif) ; Los Angeles (Calif.) ; Oxford : University of California Press,
copyright 2018
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xxix-229 p.) ; 23 cm
Collection : UC Press voices revived
Lien à la collection : Voices revived
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 215-223. Index
"Is a total renunciation of clothing a prerequisite to attaining spiritual liberation?
In Gender and Salvation, Padmanabh S. Jaini brings to light previously untranslated
texts centering on a centuries-old debate between the two principal Jaina sects, the
Digambaras and the Svetambaras. At the core of the debate is the question of whether
gender-based differences of biology and life experience shape or limit an individual's
ability to accomplish the ultimate religious goal. For the Digambaras, the example
of total nudity set by Mahavira (599–527 B.C.), the central spiritual figure of Jainism,
mandates an identical practice for all who aspire to the highest levels of religious
attainment. For the Svetambaras, the renunciation occurs purely on an internal level
and is neither affected nor confirmed by the absence of clothes. Both sects agree,
however, that nudity is not permitted for women under any circumstances. The Digambaras,
therefore, believe that women cannot attain salvation, while the Svetambaras believe
they can. Through their analysis of this dilemma, the Jaina thinkers whose texts are
translated here demonstrate a level of insight into the material and spiritual constraints
on women that transcends the particular question of salvation and relates directly
to current debates on the effects of gender in our own society. This title is part
of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California
Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice,
reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality,
peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology.
This title was originally published in 1991."
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Goldman, Robert P. (1942-....). Préfacier
Sujet(s) : Identité de genre -- Religion -- Jaïnisme
Nudité -- Religion -- Jaïnisme
Femmes et jaïnisme
Salut -- Jaïnisme
Digambara
Svetambara
Indice(s) Dewey :
294.4 (23e éd.) = Jaïnisme
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 0520302966. - ISBN 9780520302969 (br.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb456814366
Notice n° :
FRBNF45681436
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
