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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... social and geographic mobility , rising levels of education , changes in family life , and the emergence of a new class of information workers made for social experiences to which the more established religions sometimes failed to give ...
... social and geographic mobility , rising levels of education , changes in family life , and the emergence of a new class of information workers made for social experiences to which the more established religions sometimes failed to give ...
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... social involvement . These results thus provide a good way to classify respondents as marginal , general , or core members of SGI - USA . Those who seldom chant or study and are not involved in the social life of Soka Gakkai are called ...
... social involvement . These results thus provide a good way to classify respondents as marginal , general , or core members of SGI - USA . Those who seldom chant or study and are not involved in the social life of Soka Gakkai are called ...
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... social system ( question 3 + question 4 ) . Scores on both indexes range from 0 to 4. By cross - tabulating the two indexes , we achieve a table that can be summarized in four cells ( Figure 2 ) . Figure 2. Response patterns to the ...
... social system ( question 3 + question 4 ) . Scores on both indexes range from 0 to 4. By cross - tabulating the two indexes , we achieve a table that can be summarized in four cells ( Figure 2 ) . Figure 2. Response patterns to the ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Soka Gakkai History and Philosophy | 13 |
The Membership of SGIUSA | 36 |
Copyright | |
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