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New Religious Movements

Soka Gakkai's Human Revolution

The Rise of a Mimetic Nation in Modern Japan

by Levi McLaughlin

Based on extensive fieldwork, McLaughlin's study examines how Soka Gakkai members practise and how the movement mirrors the institutions of the Japanese nation. He covers its culture, education, politics and the figure of Ikeda Daisaku. A major contribution to the study of Japan's largest new religion.

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