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Giving without merit: nuns in a post-merit Buddhist economy
Buddhist monastic institutions have endured for centuries, supported by donations from the lay community. This economic system has been driven by the religious concept of merit, a concept which is regarded as producing adverse economic effects for nuns. However, scholars have begun to identify the a...
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Department of Religious Studies
2022
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