Power and Agency in the Lives of Contemporary Tibetan Nuns - An Intersectional Study - Mitra Härkönen

Power and Agency in the Lives of Contemporary Tibetan Nuns - An Intersectional Study - Mitra Härkönen

4. The Idea of Nunhood Matures

Power and Agency in the Lives of Contemporary Tibetan Nuns - An Intersectional Study - Mitra Härkönen

Mitra Härkönen [+-]
University of Helsinki
Mitra Härkönen is a researcher and lecturer at the Faculty of Theology at the University of Helsinki, Finland.

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In the chapter, the various motives of becoming a nun are presented. There were both more religious and more mundane – even if closely intertwined – reasons behind the choices of the nuns I interviewed.

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Härkönen, Mitra. 4. The Idea of Nunhood Matures. Power and Agency in the Lives of Contemporary Tibetan Nuns - An Intersectional Study. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 47-70 Jan 2023. ISBN 9781800503014. https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/view-chapter/?id=44140. Date accessed: 11 Dec 2024 doi: 10.1558/equinox.44140. Jan 2023

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