Soka Gakkai in America: Accommodation and ConversionThis is the first-ever in-depth study of the Soka Gakkai Buddhists in the United States of America (SGI-USA). 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 SGI-USA are drawn from a growing `transmodern' subculture in America. In addition the book traces the development of the organization in the USA, examining how it adapted to the peculiar circumstances of America's cultural life and showing how SGI-USA became a very American phenomenon. |
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... Court to clarify the meaning of the free exercise and establishment clauses of the Constitution . In a pattern consistent with the Martin Marty , Modern American Religion , i : The Irony of it All , 1893–1919 ; ii : The Noise of ...
... Court to clarify the meaning of the free exercise and establishment clauses of the Constitution . In a pattern consistent with the Martin Marty , Modern American Religion , i : The Irony of it All , 1893–1919 ; ii : The Noise of ...
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... Court , US 95-6 ten realms 29 Tendai 15 Tibetan Buddhism 13 Tocqueville , Alexis de 137-8 Toda , Josei 14 , 17,90 Tolstoy , Leo 28 Transcendental Meditation 13 , 128 , 139 , 152 transmodernism 110-11 , 125 , 127-34 , 139 , 140-1 , 142 ...
... Court , US 95-6 ten realms 29 Tendai 15 Tibetan Buddhism 13 Tocqueville , Alexis de 137-8 Toda , Josei 14 , 17,90 Tolstoy , Leo 28 Transcendental Meditation 13 , 128 , 139 , 152 transmodernism 110-11 , 125 , 127-34 , 139 , 140-1 , 142 ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Soka Gakkai History and Philosophy | 13 |
The Membership of SGIUSA | 36 |
Copyright | |
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