Soka Gakkai in America: Accommodation and Conversion

by Phillip E. Hammond

This is the first in-depth study of the Soka Gakkai Buddhists in the United States. 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 this sect are drawn from a growing "transmodern" subculture in America. In addition, the book traces...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198293895
• ISBN13: 9780198293897
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.8"