Ordination of women

This one is kind of old. Some movements emrbrace this, others see it as a breech of tradition.

Rated 4.00 with 1 reviews, in Religion > Judaism > Issues confronting Judaism

A Modern Buddhist Bible: Essential Readings from East and West (Donald S. Lopez Jr.)

The first book to bring together the key texts of modern Buddhism In the last hundred years, the world, especially the West, has increasingly embraced ...

Rated 3.00 with 2 reviews, in Books > Non-Fiction > Buddhism Books

I Give You My Life: The Autobiography of a Western Buddhist Nun (Ayya Khema)

Ayya Khema (1923-1997) was the first Western woman to become a Theravadan Buddhist nun. As such, she has served as a model and inspiration for women from ...

Rated 4.60 with 5 reviews, in Books > Non-Fiction > Buddhism Books

Fraulein Rabbiner Jonas: The Story of the First Woman Rabbi (Elisa Klapheck)

Fraulein Rabbiner Jonas tells the moving story of the woman who inspired a new kind of progressive female participation in the Jewish religion. Biographer ...

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Women's Buddhism, Buddhism's Women -- Tradition, Revision, Renewal (Ellison Findly)

Throughout Buddhism's history, women have been hindered in their efforts to actualize the fullness of their spiritual lives: they face more obstacles to ...

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Surprised by God: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Religion (Danya Ruttenberg)

At thirteen, Danya Ruttenberg decided that she was an atheist. Watching the sea of adults standing up and sitting down at Rosh Hashanah services, and apparently ...

Rated 5.00 with 3 reviews, in Books > Non-Fiction > Judaism Books