Soka Gakkai in America: Accommodation and ConversionThis is the first in-depth study of the Soka Gakkai Buddhists in the United States. Drawing on unprecedented access to the organization through surveys and interviews, it provides a definitive and revealing picture of one of the fastest-growing religions in the world. The authors shed light on contemporary American society and show how many members of this sect are drawn from a growing transmodern subculture in America. In addition, the book traces the development of the organization in the US, examining how it adapted to the peculiar circumstances of America's cultural life showing how it has now become a very American phenomenon. |
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Tsunesaburō Makiguchi was born on Gregorian 23 July 1871, the Japanese old Lunar Calendar 6 June was an incorrect date.
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Soka Gakkai History and Philosophy | 13 |
The Membership of SGIUSA | 36 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Soka Gakkai in America: Accommodation and Conversion |
| Authors | Phillip E. Hammond, Phillip Everett Hammond, David W. Machacek |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1999 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 6 Nov 2008 |
| ISBN | 0198293895, 9780198293897 |
| Length | 224 pages |
| Subjects | › › Religion / Buddhism / General Social Science / Sociology of Religion |
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