Soka Gakkai International in Post-Apartheid South Africa

This paper analyzes the activities of Soka Gakkai International (SGI) in South Africa, a largely Christian country with the presence of very strong African Independent and Pentecostal churches, where Buddhism has mostly attracted the attention of a small minority of white middle-class people interes...

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Main Author: Dessì, Ugo (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2020]
In: Religions
Year: 2020, Volume: 11, Issue: 11
Further subjects:B Globalization
B South Africa
B Soka Gakkai International
B Transnational Buddhism
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