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 58
... requires SGI members to chant the gongyo twice every day . Since this takes around forty minutes to complete , chanting requires a considerable invest- ment of time as well as personal discipline . Nonetheless , 62 per- cent of the SGI ...
... requires SGI members to chant the gongyo twice every day . Since this takes around forty minutes to complete , chanting requires a considerable invest- ment of time as well as personal discipline . Nonetheless , 62 per- cent of the SGI ...
Page 114
... requires consumption . More significantly for the analysis here , it requires a culture that provides moral sanction , and even religious meaning , to the gratification of personal desires . Ronald Inglehart suggests that just such a ...
... requires consumption . More significantly for the analysis here , it requires a culture that provides moral sanction , and even religious meaning , to the gratification of personal desires . Ronald Inglehart suggests that just such a ...
Page 121
... requires optimism about people . That is , to grant others consid- erable moral latitude requires a belief that , given the opportunity to make their own decisions , people will choose the good . In fact , converts to SGI - USA ...
... requires optimism about people . That is , to grant others consid- erable moral latitude requires a belief that , given the opportunity to make their own decisions , people will choose the good . In fact , converts to SGI - USA ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Soka Gakkai History and Philosophy | 13 |
The Membership of SGIUSA | 36 |
Copyright | |
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