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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... organized , Soka Gakkai had already stopped sponsor- ing high - profile events , such as parades and mass rallies ... organize for the spread of Soka Gakkai within the country . Appointed to lead the organization in 24 The Organization ...
... organized , Soka Gakkai had already stopped sponsor- ing high - profile events , such as parades and mass rallies ... organize for the spread of Soka Gakkai within the country . Appointed to lead the organization in 24 The Organization ...
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... organized religion , preferring instead to keep their spirituality private . Thus , one reported that she liked Soka Gakkai and had no negative thought about it , except “ a sort of generalized neg- ative thought about anything organized ...
... organized religion , preferring instead to keep their spirituality private . Thus , one reported that she liked Soka Gakkai and had no negative thought about it , except “ a sort of generalized neg- ative thought about anything organized ...
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... organized in the United States at a propitious time for religions of Eastern origin . Although present in America from as early as the 1940s , Soka Gakkai , because of conditions largely beyond its control , would not have experienced ...
... organized in the United States at a propitious time for religions of Eastern origin . Although present in America from as early as the 1940s , Soka Gakkai , because of conditions largely beyond its control , would not have experienced ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Soka Gakkai History and Philosophy | 13 |
The Membership of SGIUSA | 36 |
Copyright | |
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