The Soka Gakkai Practice of <i>Buppō</i> and the Discourse on Religion in Japan
This paper investigates the Japanese Nichiren Buddhist organization, Soka Gakkai (SG), whose members have supported the political party known as Kōmeitō, or Clean Government Party, in Japan for over half a century. SG members have often been criticized as ‘impure’ political actors, undergoing freque...
Main Author: | Anne Mette Fisker-Nielsen |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2022-02-01
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Series: | Religions |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/13/2/167 |
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