The Appeal of Soka Gakkai in the United States: Emergent Transmodernism
The Soka Gakkai is a Japanese Buddhist sect that has experienced remarkable success in the United States. Since the foundation of SGI-USA in 1960, it has transformed itself from a religion of immigrants to one composed primarily of non-Japanese converts. This paper presents a preliminary analysis of...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
1999
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Research in the social scientific study of religion
Year: 1999, Volume: 10, Pages: 57-75 |
| Further subjects: | B
History of religion studies
B Social sciences B Religionswissenschaften B Religion & Gesellschaft |
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