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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Brill
1999
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Research in the social scientific study of religion
Jahr: 1999, Band: 10, Seiten: 57-75 |
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B Religionswissenschaften B Religion & Gesellschaft B Religionsgeschichte |
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| Zusammenfassung: | 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 data from the 1997 SGI-USA membership survey. These data are consistent with the hypothesis that the appeal of Soka Gakkai to Americans may be found in the affinity between SGI philosophy and a "Transmodem" subculture emerging in advanced industrial society. |
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| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Research in the social scientific study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004496224_007 |