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Print Price: $291.00

Format:
Hardback
456 pp.
156 mm x 234 mm

ISBN-13:
9780199240395

Publication date:
November 2000

Imprint: OUP UK

Global Citizens

The Soka Gakkai Buddhist Movement in the World

Edited by David Machacek and Bryan Wilson

Global Citizens is a study of the Soka Gakkai Buddhist movement, which was founded in 1930 in Japan, spread rapidly after the Second World War, and has since developed a world-wide following. The book provides an historical overview of the development of the movement as an educational reform society, its development into a sect of Nichiren Buddhism. It provides important details of Soka Gakkai's entry into Japanese politics, including up-to-date information on the relationship between the Komeito - the political party founded by the Soka Gakkai - and the Liberal Democratic PartyDSits historical opponent in Japanese politics and present partner in the ruling coalition. The book then documents the spread of Soka Gakkai Buddhism to North and South America, Europe, and other Asian countries.

Readership : Scholars and students of sociology of religion, religion, social theory, and philosophy.

Reviews

`The collection of essays in Global Citizens gives interesting insights into how the Soka Gakkei preceive themselves and their practices.'
The Middle Way (Journal of the Buddhist Society) Vol 76, No 2

Phillip E. Hammond: Foreword
Bryan Wilson and David Machacek: Introduction
Part I: Origins and changes in Japan
Noriyoshi Tamaru: Soka Gakkai in historical perspective
Dayle M. Bethel: The legacy of Tsunesaburo Makiguchi: Value-creating education and global citizenship
Jane Hurst: A Buddhist reformation in the twentieth century: Causes and implications of the conflict between the Soka Gakkai and the Nichiren Shoshu priesthood
Hiroshi Aruga: Soka Gakkai and Japanese politics
Daniel Metraux: The changing role of the Komeito in Japanese politics in the 1990s
Atsuko Usui: The role of women
Takesato Watanabe: The movement and the Japanese media
Karel Dobbelaere: Towards a pillar organization?
Part II: International appearances
David Machacek and Kerry Mitchell: Immigrant Buddhists in America
David Machacek: Organizational isomorphism in SGI-USA
David Chappell: Socially inclusive Buddhists in America
Peter Clarke: Buddhist humanism and Catholic culture in Brazil
Bryan Wilson: The British movement and its members
Maria Immacolata Macioti: Buddhism in action: Case studies from Italy
Daniel Metraux: The expansion of Soka Gakkai into Southeast Asia

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David Machacek is at University of California, Santa Barbara. Bryan Wilson is at All Souls College, Oxford.

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