معرفی
Amy Langenberg is Professor of Religious Studies at Eckerd College, specializing in classical South Asian Buddhism with emphasis on monasticism, gender, sexuality, and ethics. She also engages in ethnographic research on contemporary Buddhist feminisms and sexual abuse dynamics in American Buddhism. Her work interrogates power structures, survivor-centered methodologies, and intersections of bodily experience with liberation theology.
- Degrees: Ph.D. & M.A., Columbia University; B.A., Harvard University
Research Interests span Buddhist gender theory, sexuality studies, and postcolonial ethics. Recent publications analyze non-harm (ahimsa) in sexual practices, male celibacy strategies, and decolonizing Buddhist study abroad programs. Collaborative work with Ann Gleig on sexual abuse in convert Buddhism received the Henry H. Luce Foundation Award.
Leadership: Inaugural Faculty Director of the Eastman Citizenship and Leadership Program, mentoring students in justice-oriented education. Her feminist hermeneutics challenge androcentric readings of vinaya texts, revealing women's agency in early monastic communities.
