Research Agenda

Project 7: Religion and Women

This project studies how women are viewed in Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, indigenous faiths and new religions. At the same time, women's positions and roles in respective religious groups are examined. Some of the published results in this field include:

• "Women in the Early Period of Buddhism" by Toshie Kurihara (IOP Bulletin No.9, 1993), "Women in Mahayana Buddhism--On the Concept of Women's Transformation into Men" (IOP Bulletin No.11, 1995), "Buddhism and Women in Ancient Japan" (IOP Bulletin No.12, 1996), "Buddhism and Women in Medieval Japan--the Enlightenment of Women in Nichiren Buddhism" (IOP Bulletin No. 14, 1998), "Gender and Religion--Idea on 'Presence of Women Forbidden'" (Sociologica Vol.23 No.1, 1999)
• "Women and Religion--From a Noh Farce" by Michiko Fujioka, collected in Kashikoku ikiru (Wise Living--Humanistic Seminar for Women 2, Daisan Bunmei Sha, 1999)