Listening for and to survivors of sexual abuse and misconduct in Buddhism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4774255 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ann Gleig (University of Central Florida, corresponding author), Amy Paris Langenberg (0000-0003-2477-4441, Eckerd College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1-24 |
| Publication date | 2025-08-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0048-721X • E-ISSN: 1096-1151 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0048721x.2025.2538957 |
| OpenAlex | W4412881785 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 25 |
Survivors of sexual abuse and misconduct in Buddhist contexts are routinely dismissed, vilified, and silenced when they attempt to speak out about their experience. But their stories must be heard, since we can only fully learn how systems of power operate – that is, any institution, political structure, or hierarchical social arrangement – by listening to those upon whom power operates. In this essay, we reflect on our process of formulating a survivor-centered methodology during the course of our ethnographic research on sexual abuse and misconduct in North American and transnational ‘convert’ Buddhism. We also explore the implications of this methodology for Buddhist Studies, arguing that only when Buddhist Studies scholars push against normative disciplinary formations to listen for and to marginal Buddhist voices will our scholarship cease to reinscribe normative Buddhist constellations of power – the same dynamics that tolerate and engender abuse
Active listening · Buddhism · Criminology · Medical emergency · Misconduct · Poison control · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Sexual abuse · Sexual misconduct · Suicide prevention · Theology · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Cambodian History and Society · Indian and Buddhist Studies · Law · Medicine · Philosophy · Psychology
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |