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Taiwan's Buddhist nuns are as unique as they are noteworthy. Boasting the greatest number of Buddhist nuns of any country, Taiwan has a much greater number of nuns than monks. These women are well known and well regarded as dharma teachers and for the social service work that has made them a central part of Taiwan's civil society. In this, the first English-language book on Taiwanese women and Buddhism, author Elise Ann DeVido introduces readers to Taiwan's Buddhist nuns, but also looks at the larger question of how Taiwan's Buddhism shapes and is shaped by women--mainly nuns but also laywomen, who like their clerical sisters flourish in that country. Providing an historical overview of Buddhist women in China and Taiwan, DeVido discusses various reasons for the vibrancy of Taiwan's nuns' orders. She introduces us to the nuns of the best-known of order, the Buddhist Compassion-Relief Foundation (Ciji) as well as those of the Luminary Buddhist Institute. Discussing "Buddhism for the Human Realm," DeVido asks whether this popular philosophy has encouraged and supported the singular strength of Taiwan's Buddhism women.

Buddhist nuns --- Women in Buddhism

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For far too long Catholic teaching sisters have been denied their rightful place in the history of education. It is only during the past twenty-five years that researchers in many countries have begun to reveal the fundamental role played by these women in the schooling of children of both the masses and the elite during the 19th and 20th centuries.This essay provides for the first time a detailed overview of the historiography of the teaching sisters in Western Europe, North America, Latin America and Australasia, surveying scholarship since 1985. It reviews the literature on six major themes

Nuns as teachers --- Historiography. --- Catholic Church --- Education

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In 1824, when the novel was issued in Kingston, Upper Canada, it became not only the first work of fiction written by a native-born Canadian and published in what is now Canada, but also a significant early attempt by a Canadian of English and French heri

Nuns --- Canada --- English fiction. --- English literature --- American literature

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In dem vorliegenden Band beschäftigt sich der renommierte Münsteraner Historiker Wilhelm Kohl erneut mit einem Kloster der Diözese Münster im Rahmen der Reihe Germania Sacra. Nach den bei Münster gelegenen Stiften Nottuln (GS NF 44) und St. Mauritz vor Münster (GS NF 47) knüpft der Band über das in der Stadt Münster gelegene Kloster der Zisterzienserinnen, später dann Benediktinerinnen, St. Aegidii an die bereits erschienenen Bände der städtischen Kommunitäten Domstift St. Paulus (GS NF 17) und das Stift Alter Dom (GS NF 33) an. Nach dem bewährten Schema der Germania Sacra werden die Quellen des um 1200 gegründeten Klosters ebenso vorgestellt wie seine Geschichte, Verfassung, das religiöse und geistige Leben sowie sein Besitz. Die Personallisten, von den Äbtissinnen über die Priorinnen und Kellnerinnen bis hin zu den Nonnen und den Pröpsten, Beichtvätern, Vikaren etc. zeigen, dass die Geschichte eines Klosters immer von den ihm angehörigen Personen abhängig ist. Mit diesem Band, den ersten der 3. Folge der Germania Sacra, setzt die Reihe erfolgreich ihre Bemühungen um das Bistum Münster fort.

Benedictine monasteries --- Dioceses --- Catholic Church --- Benedictine nuns. --- Church history/ Middle Ages. --- Cistercian nuns. --- Germania Sacra. --- Munster/Diocese.

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Born and raised in Troyes, France, in 1653 Marguerite Bourgeoys came as a new recruit to de Maisonneuve's tiny and beleaguered settlement of Ville-Marie, founded in 1642 as a Christian missionary society. These early years in New France marked a special period in her life. Firmly committed to the belief that the world would be a better place if people learned to understand one another, she worked to build a better church and a better society, especially for women and children. Marguerite Bourgeoys's life story teaches us about tolerance and compassion, ideals that are no less important now than three centuries ago.

Christian saints --- Nuns --- Bourgeoys, Marguerite, --- Canada --- Montréal (Québec) --- History --- History