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 47
... growth pattern of SGI - USA , two major periods of recruitment and growth appear - from 1964 through 1975 , and again from 1982 to 1990. The dates when respondents to the 1997 SGI - USA Membership Survey first began chanting reflect ...
... growth pattern of SGI - USA , two major periods of recruitment and growth appear - from 1964 through 1975 , and again from 1982 to 1990. The dates when respondents to the 1997 SGI - USA Membership Survey first began chanting reflect ...
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... growth . As we saw in Chapter 2 , the most rapid growth in SGI - USA took place from 1968 to 1975 . During this time , Soka Gakkai grew at an average rate of 30 per- cent , or 3,085 persons , per year . For the remainder of the 1970s ...
... growth . As we saw in Chapter 2 , the most rapid growth in SGI - USA took place from 1968 to 1975 . During this time , Soka Gakkai grew at an average rate of 30 per- cent , or 3,085 persons , per year . For the remainder of the 1970s ...
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... growth led to an increase in per capita wealth , the willingness of individuals to accept the restrictions placed on consumption by Calvinist Protestantism decayed . Weber remarked that , as John Wesley himself had noted , the " full ...
... growth led to an increase in per capita wealth , the willingness of individuals to accept the restrictions placed on consumption by Calvinist Protestantism decayed . Weber remarked that , as John Wesley himself had noted , the " full ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Soka Gakkai History and Philosophy | 13 |
The Membership of SGIUSA | 36 |
Copyright | |
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