Soka Gakkai: from religious actions to energic international activities

The article explores the international activities of Soka Gakkai, which is the biggest Buddhist Organisation in Japan and wields a measure of political power through the Komeito Party, from a pro-Soviet angle. Sharp rise in its foreign membership. Unlike other Japanese religious organisations which...

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主要作者: Stoletov, A. (Author)
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语言:English
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出版: East View Information Services 1985
In: Far Eastern affairs
Year: 1985, 发布: 4, Pages: 132-136
Further subjects:B 佛教
B 国际政策
B Japan
B 教派
B Japan 佛教 教派 Internationale Beziehungen 文化政策
B 文化政策
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总结:The article explores the international activities of Soka Gakkai, which is the biggest Buddhist Organisation in Japan and wields a measure of political power through the Komeito Party, from a pro-Soviet angle. Sharp rise in its foreign membership. Unlike other Japanese religious organisations which operate abroad mostly among Japanese communities, Soka Gakkai focusses on rucruiting members from among the local population and setting up more and more overseas branches. The current leaders of the organisation are using Nichiren's (a 13th century Buddhist preacher) ideas to justify their efforts to spread their ideology as a world religion. Its cultural activities in Japan and other countries. (DÜI-Sen)
ISSN:0206-149X
Contains:In: Far Eastern affairs