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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... issue : I think that instead of looking and saying , " How can we grow " because of this , we're just constantly hearing about [ Nikken ] . I know he's not a good man , but it seems like a rivalry between Nikken and President Ikeda ...
... issue : I think that instead of looking and saying , " How can we grow " because of this , we're just constantly hearing about [ Nikken ] . I know he's not a good man , but it seems like a rivalry between Nikken and President Ikeda ...
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... issue comes from the 1990 World Values Survey conducted by Gallup . The results are compelling . As in Great Britain , converts to SGI in the United States fall overwhelmingly in the post - materialist Table 24. Post - materialism index ...
... issue comes from the 1990 World Values Survey conducted by Gallup . The results are compelling . As in Great Britain , converts to SGI in the United States fall overwhelmingly in the post - materialist Table 24. Post - materialism index ...
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... issue . Global Citizens To describe Soka Gakkai members as " ascetic " is admittedly stretching the meaning of the term , which is most commonly associated with the strict personal discipline of monasticism . But through the conception ...
... issue . Global Citizens To describe Soka Gakkai members as " ascetic " is admittedly stretching the meaning of the term , which is most commonly associated with the strict personal discipline of monasticism . But through the conception ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Soka Gakkai History and Philosophy | 13 |
The Membership of SGIUSA | 36 |
Copyright | |
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