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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Page 22
... faith - an event the Soka Gakkai have not forgotten . Soka Gakkai , on the other hand , is a product of modernity— an age when science , reason , and technology displace the authority of tradition . Born in the tumultuous time when an ...
... faith - an event the Soka Gakkai have not forgotten . Soka Gakkai , on the other hand , is a product of modernity— an age when science , reason , and technology displace the authority of tradition . Born in the tumultuous time when an ...
Page 71
... faith as results they had experienced than they were to say that they had chanted for these goals . Mentioned much less frequently as benefits experienced as a result of chanting are career success , better relationships , and physical ...
... faith as results they had experienced than they were to say that they had chanted for these goals . Mentioned much less frequently as benefits experienced as a result of chanting are career success , better relationships , and physical ...
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... faith in human progress through science . Fascist movements in Europe , and racism and anti- communism in America , had raised awareness of the dangers of populism to a democratic government . The Great Depression and other problems ...
... faith in human progress through science . Fascist movements in Europe , and racism and anti- communism in America , had raised awareness of the dangers of populism to a democratic government . The Great Depression and other problems ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Soka Gakkai History and Philosophy | 13 |
The Membership of SGIUSA | 36 |
Copyright | |
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