Miranda Eberle Shaw | |
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| Born | 1954 (age 69–70) Ohio, United States |
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| Discipline | Religious Studies |
| Institutions | University of Richmond |
| Main interests | Women in Buddhism |
Miranda E. Shaw is an American author and scholar of Vajrayana Buddhism. Her book, Passionate Enlightenment: Women in Tantric Buddhism, won the James Henry Breasted Prize, the Tricycle Prize for Excellence in Buddhist Scholarship, and the Critics' Choice Most Acclaimed Academic Book award in 1995.[1] Shaw earned her undergraduate degree from Ohio State University, a Master of Theology (MTS) from Harvard Divinity School, a Master of Arts in Religion (MA), and a doctorate in the study of religion (PhD) from Harvard University.[2] Shaw is an Emerita faculty member of the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Richmond.[3]