Soka Gakkai: from religious actions to energic international activities
The article explores the international activities of Soka Gakkai, which is the biggest Buddhist Organisation in Japan and wields a measure of political power through the Komeito Party, from a pro-Soviet angle. Sharp rise in its foreign membership. Unlike other Japanese religious organisations which...
| Published in: | Far Eastern affairs |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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East View Information Services
1985
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Far Eastern affairs
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| Further subjects: | B
International policy
B Buddhism B Sect B Japan Buddhism Sect Internationale Beziehungen Cultural policy B Japan B Cultural policy |
| Summary: | The article explores the international activities of Soka Gakkai, which is the biggest Buddhist Organisation in Japan and wields a measure of political power through the Komeito Party, from a pro-Soviet angle. Sharp rise in its foreign membership. Unlike other Japanese religious organisations which operate abroad mostly among Japanese communities, Soka Gakkai focusses on rucruiting members from among the local population and setting up more and more overseas branches. The current leaders of the organisation are using Nichiren's (a 13th century Buddhist preacher) ideas to justify their efforts to spread their ideology as a world religion. Its cultural activities in Japan and other countries. (DÜI-Sen) |
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| ISSN: | 0206-149X |
| Contains: | In: Far Eastern affairs
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