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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... transmodern " ethic promotes a society of individuals free to make moral decisions but responsible as well for the impact of their decisions on others . Soka Gakkai and Transmodernism As we stated at the beginning of this chapter , ...
... transmodern " ethic promotes a society of individuals free to make moral decisions but responsible as well for the impact of their decisions on others . Soka Gakkai and Transmodernism As we stated at the beginning of this chapter , ...
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... transmodern sense of human interconnected- ness , but it also reflects the fact that transmodernism seeks alternatives to traditional Western ways of perceiving the world . Transmodernism thus denies the classic Western dualisms that ...
... transmodern sense of human interconnected- ness , but it also reflects the fact that transmodernism seeks alternatives to traditional Western ways of perceiving the world . Transmodernism thus denies the classic Western dualisms that ...
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... trans- modern , it faces competition . However , the potential market for transmodern religion is large and possibly growing . If Ray is correct in his estimation that up to 24 percent of the US popu- lation now share the transmodern ...
... trans- modern , it faces competition . However , the potential market for transmodern religion is large and possibly growing . If Ray is correct in his estimation that up to 24 percent of the US popu- lation now share the transmodern ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Soka Gakkai History and Philosophy | 13 |
The Membership of SGIUSA | 36 |
Copyright | |
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