ISBN 978-1-923443-94-5
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Onya Nun!
Theravada Bhikkhunis in Australia
Presenting Onya Nun!, the inaugural academic research endeavor singularly focused on Theravadin Buddhist nuns within the Australian context.
This volume, an abridged iteration of a doctoral dissertation, offers a rigorous poststructural discourse analysis derived from empirical interviews with Australian Buddhist monastics and lay adherents.
The work meticulously examines global gender inequities confronting Buddhist women, viewed through the unique socioreligious landscape of Australian Theravada Buddhism.
Onya Nun! constitutes an indispensable resource for Buddhist monastics, lay practitioners, and scholars, providing an unprecedented historical repository.
In adherence to research ethics and for archival integrity, all interview transcripts are appended, thereby preserving the authentic voices and lived experiences of Australian nuns.
About the Author
Roy Sneddon is a Scottish-born Australian living in Adelaide, South Australia. Following a long involvement with academia, he has achieved a BGenSt (Griffith University), MHlthAdm (Flinders University), and a PhD (University of Adelaide).
His interest in Buddhism was sparked some thirty years ago in Japan when, while desperate for something to read, he found a discarded Buddhist text translated to English. Th is moment of happenstance eventually culminated in his doctoral research: Exploring Gender Equity Issues facing Th eravada Buddhist Nuns in Australia, for which Roy travelled the country yarning with local nuns and monks.
Now with his thesis completed, Roy can happily return to his meditation practices: motorcycle rides, Wing Chun Kung Fu and beekeeping.