Soka Gakkai’s Human Revolution: The Rise of a Mimetic Nation in Modern Japan 9780824877897
Soka Gakkai is Japan’s largest and most influential new religious organization: It claims more than 8 million Japanese h
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English Pages 236 [240] Year 2018
Table of contents :
Contents
Series Editor’s Preface
Preface
CHAPTER ONE. Soka Gakkai as Mimetic Nation
CHAPTER TWO. From Intellectual Collective to Religion: A History of Soka Gakkai
CHAPTER THREE. Soka Gakkai’s Dramatic Narrative
CHAPTER FOUR. Participating in Canon: The Formation of Sacred Texts in a New Religion
CHAPTER FIVE. Cultivating Youth: Discipleship through Standardized Education
CHAPTER SIX. Good Wives, Wise Mothers, and Foot Soldiers of Conversion
Afterword: Vocational Paths
Notes
Works Cited
Index
Contents
Series Editor’s Preface
Preface
CHAPTER ONE. Soka Gakkai as Mimetic Nation
CHAPTER TWO. From Intellectual Collective to Religion: A History of Soka Gakkai
CHAPTER THREE. Soka Gakkai’s Dramatic Narrative
CHAPTER FOUR. Participating in Canon: The Formation of Sacred Texts in a New Religion
CHAPTER FIVE. Cultivating Youth: Discipleship through Standardized Education
CHAPTER SIX. Good Wives, Wise Mothers, and Foot Soldiers of Conversion
Afterword: Vocational Paths
Notes
Works Cited
Index
- Author / Uploaded
- Levi McLaughlin
