Nirmala S Salgado
Biographic Data
| ID | 303517 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nirmala S Salgado |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nirmala S |
| FAMILY NAME | Salgado |
| SIGNATURE | SALGADO N S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Augustana College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Tradition
Centering on the construction of “Theravāda tradition” in narratives about Sri Lankan Buddhist nuns, Nirmala S. Salgado’s chapter argues that the idea of Theravāda, seemingly well grounded in textbooks on Buddhism and lineage transmission among monastics, is far from self-evident. Indicating that the notion of “Theravāda” gained significance only after about 1950, Salgado points out that such a notion was absent from reports of the newly emerging…
On the Question of "Discipline" (Vinaya) and Nuns in Theravāda Buddhism
This article centers on the relationship of rules (nīti) to the monastic form of life of contemporary Buddhist nuns in Sri Lanka. A genealogy of scholarship focusing on the rules of Buddhist monks and nuns has led scholars to affirm a clear-cut distinction between nuns who have the higher ordination (bhikkhunῑs) and those who do not have it. However, that distinction is not self-evident, because bhikkhunῑs and other nuns lead lives that do not fo…
Buddhist Nuns and Gendered Practice: In Search of the Female Renunciant
"Based on extensive research in Sri Lanka and interviews with Theravada and Tibetan nuns from around the world, Salgado's groundbreaking study urges a rethinking of female renunciation. How are scholarly accounts complicit in reinscribing imperialist stories about the subjectivity of Buddhist women? How do key Buddhist "concepts" such as dukkha, samsara, and sila ground female renunciant practice? Salgado's provocative analysis questions the secu…
Introduction to papers on Women’s Leadership Roles in Therav?da Buddhist Traditions
These papers were presented at a panel, organized by us and chaired by Liz Wilson, on ‘Women’s Leadership and Monastic Organizations in Therav?da Buddhist Traditions’, at the 2008 American Academy of Religion meeting, Chicago. Here, we bring together articles that examine the roots of the teachings on nuns in P?li literature with others which investigate issues relating to contemporary Therav?da nuns, as well as an analysis of relevant debates in…
Relics, Ritual, and Representation in Buddhism: Rematerializing the Sri Lankan Theravāda Tradition
Sickness, Healing, and Religious Vocation: Alternative Choices at a Theravada Buddhist Nunnery
This essay examines alternative religious vocations and choices of cures that are open to women in Sri Lankan Buddhist context. The focus of the investigation is a Theravāda Buddhist hermitage that was studied over an eleven-year period. The article presents case histories of nuns who are representative of the individuals living at the hermitage, and demonstrate how the illnesses they suffer concurrently with their ecstatic trances (interpreted a…
SriLanka: The Invention of Enmity
Journal Article Sri Lanka: The Invention of Enmity, by David Little. Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace Press, 1992, xxviii + 176 pp. $14.95 Get access Nirmala S. Salgado Nirmala S. Salgado Augustana College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 56, Issue 2, Summer 1995, Pages 224–225, https://doi.org/10.2307/3711771 Published: 01 July 1995
The Christians of Kerala: History, Belief and Ritual among the Yakoba
Journal Article The Christians of Kerala: History, Belief and Ritual among the Yakoba, by Susan Visvanathan. Madras: Oxford University Press, 1993, xii + 279 pp. Rs 435 Get access Nirmala S. Salgado Nirmala S. Salgado Augustana CollegeIllinois Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 55, Issue 4, Winter 1994, Pages 498–499, https://doi.org/10.2307/3711995 Published: 01 December 1994
On the Question of "Discipline" (Vinaya) and Nuns in Theravāda Buddhism
This article centers on the relationship of rules (nīti) to the monastic form of life of contemporary Buddhist nuns in Sri Lanka. A genealogy of scholarship focusing on the rules of Buddhist monks and nuns has led scholars to affirm a clear-cut distinction between nuns who have the higher ordination (bhikkhunῑs) and those who do not have it. However, that distinction is not self-evident, because bhikkhunῑs and other nuns lead lives that do not fo…
The Christians of Kerala: History, Belief and Ritual among the Yakoba
Journal Article The Christians of Kerala: History, Belief and Ritual among the Yakoba, by Susan Visvanathan. Madras: Oxford University Press, 1993, xii + 279 pp. Rs 435 Get access Nirmala S. Salgado Nirmala S. Salgado Augustana CollegeIllinois Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 55, Issue 4, Winter 1994, Pages 498–499, https://doi.org/10.2307/3711995 Published: 01 December 1994
SriLanka: The Invention of Enmity
Journal Article Sri Lanka: The Invention of Enmity, by David Little. Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace Press, 1992, xxviii + 176 pp. $14.95 Get access Nirmala S. Salgado Nirmala S. Salgado Augustana College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 56, Issue 2, Summer 1995, Pages 224–225, https://doi.org/10.2307/3711771 Published: 01 July 1995
Sickness, Healing, and Religious Vocation: Alternative Choices at a Theravada Buddhist Nunnery
This essay examines alternative religious vocations and choices of cures that are open to women in Sri Lankan Buddhist context. The focus of the investigation is a Theravāda Buddhist hermitage that was studied over an eleven-year period. The article presents case histories of nuns who are representative of the individuals living at the hermitage, and demonstrate how the illnesses they suffer concurrently with their ecstatic trances (interpreted a…
Relics, Ritual, and Representation in Buddhism: Rematerializing the Sri Lankan Theravāda Tradition
Introduction to papers on Women’s Leadership Roles in Therav?da Buddhist Traditions
These papers were presented at a panel, organized by us and chaired by Liz Wilson, on ‘Women’s Leadership and Monastic Organizations in Therav?da Buddhist Traditions’, at the 2008 American Academy of Religion meeting, Chicago. Here, we bring together articles that examine the roots of the teachings on nuns in P?li literature with others which investigate issues relating to contemporary Therav?da nuns, as well as an analysis of relevant debates in…
Buddhist Nuns and Gendered Practice: In Search of the Female Renunciant
"Based on extensive research in Sri Lanka and interviews with Theravada and Tibetan nuns from around the world, Salgado's groundbreaking study urges a rethinking of female renunciation. How are scholarly accounts complicit in reinscribing imperialist stories about the subjectivity of Buddhist women? How do key Buddhist "concepts" such as dukkha, samsara, and sila ground female renunciant practice? Salgado's provocative analysis questions the secu…
On the Question of "Discipline" (Vinaya) and Nuns in Theravāda Buddhism
This article centers on the relationship of rules (nīti) to the monastic form of life of contemporary Buddhist nuns in Sri Lanka. A genealogy of scholarship focusing on the rules of Buddhist monks and nuns has led scholars to affirm a clear-cut distinction between nuns who have the higher ordination (bhikkhunῑs) and those who do not have it. However, that distinction is not self-evident, because bhikkhunῑs and other nuns lead lives that do not fo…
Tradition
Centering on the construction of “Theravāda tradition” in narratives about Sri Lankan Buddhist nuns, Nirmala S. Salgado’s chapter argues that the idea of Theravāda, seemingly well grounded in textbooks on Buddhism and lineage transmission among monastics, is far from self-evident. Indicating that the notion of “Theravāda” gained significance only after about 1950, Salgado points out that such a notion was absent from reports of the newly emerging…
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