Buddhism has been undergoing a renewal in Taiwan since the 1980s. Most Buddhist leaders, following the teachings of Yin-shun (1906-2005), promote socially engaged "Humanistic Buddhism." Two of the most noticeable features of Taiwanese Buddhism are the overwhelmingly greater number of nuns in comparison to monks and their high level of education. I will use the case of the Hsiang-kuang Bhiksuni Sangha to discuss the new roles Buddhist nuns play in Taiwan. Led by the founder Wu-yin (1940-), they aspire to become professional religious teachers of the modern technological society of Taiwan. This means that they deliberately craft a self-identity in contrast to tradition. They reject the age-old role of ritual specialists for the dead by reciting scriptures, performing death and memorial rites, and providing a place for the installation of the soul tablets and ashes of the dead in their temples. Instead, they devote themselves to spread the Dharma by publishing books and magazines, managing a high tech library and website, programming radio broadcast, and particularly by teaching Buddhism in the adult education classes for free which they established three decades ago, earlier than any other Buddhist groups. I choose this community because unlike most Taiwanese Buddhist groups, Hsiang-kuang is single sex. It is also rather small, numbering about 100 members, 80% of whom have college eduation. This paper will use the interviews I conducted with Wu-yin, the abbess, and about 30 nuns of different generations in addition to documentary materials I gathered about the group. I lived in the head temple located in Chia-yi for eight months in 1998. The interviews were first conducted at that time. I visited the sub-temple in Taipei and interviewed Wu-yin in several subsequent return trips since. I hope to demonstrate what "Humanistic Buddhism" means to members of the community by providing concrete examples of what they say and what they do.