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DESCRIPTION:Sara Ann Swenson\,&nbsp\;Department\nof Religion\, Syracuse Uni
 versityThe Medicine Buddha:&nbsp\;Social Services\, Religion and\nPrivatiz
 ation in VietnamVietnam\nhas seen a flood of economic and cultural changes
  in recent decades. Sara\nSwenson’s ethnographic research explores how&nbs
 p\;Buddhist nuns and&nbsp\;lay\nmembers have engaged in social service wor
 k in response to new government\npolicies. She focuses on the role of reli
 gion and Buddhism in modern Vietnam as\nwell as the cultural politics of g
 ender roles in rapidly changing societies.Sara\nAnn Swenson is a third yea
 r doctoral student in Religion at Syracuse University.\nShe is specializin
 g in transnational Buddhism\, gender and religion\, and\nBuddhism in Vietn
 am. She completed an M.A. at Iliff\nSchool of Theology (2012) and B.A. in 
 English and Women's Studies at the\nUniversity of Minnesota Duluth (2009).
 Sponsored by the East Asia Program at the Moynihan Institute of Global Aff
 airs&nbsp\;  
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SUMMARY:EA presents: Sara Ann Swenson
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p></p><p><b>Sara Ann Swenson</b>\,&nbsp\;<i>D
 epartment\nof Religion\, Syracuse University</i></p><p><b>The Medicine Bud
 dha:&nbsp\;Social Services\, Religion and\nPrivatization in Vietnam</b></p
 ><p>Vietnam\nhas seen a flood of economic and cultural changes in recent d
 ecades. Sara\nSwenson’s ethnographic research explores how&nbsp\;Buddhist 
 nuns and&nbsp\;lay\nmembers have engaged in social service work in respons
 e to new government\npolicies. She focuses on the role of religion and Bud
 dhism in modern Vietnam as\nwell as the cultural politics of gender roles 
 in rapidly changing societies.</p><p>Sara\nAnn Swenson is a third year doc
 toral student in Religion at Syracuse University.\nShe is specializing in 
 transnational Buddhism\, gender and religion\, and\nBuddhism in Vietnam. S
 he completed an M.A. at Iliff\nSchool of Theology (2012) and B.A. in Engli
 sh and Women's Studies at the\nUniversity of Minnesota Duluth (2009).</p><
 p><b><i>Sponsored by the East Asia Program at the Moynihan Institute of Gl
 obal Affairs&nbsp\;</i></b></p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p>
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