The Transplantation of Soka Gakkai to Brazil: Building "The Closest Organization to the Heart of Ikeda-Sensei"

Up to the 1980s, Buddhist influence in Brazil was, at best, exiguous and marginal. The Buddhist Society of Brazil, established in 1923 by Theosophists, was short-lived, and was only reestablished in 1955 with little public visibility and activity. In areas with a high concentration of Japanese-Brazi...

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Main Author: Pereira, Ronan Alves (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Nanzan Institute [2008]
In: Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 2008, Volume: 35, Issue: 1, Pages: 95-113
Further subjects:B Festivals
B Brazilian culture
B Soka Gakkai
B Websites
B Religious Studies
B Priests
B Japanese culture
B Ecological sustainability
B Temples
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