The Soka Gakkai Buddhist movement in Quebec : the Lotus and the Fleur de lys
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Bibliographic Information
The Soka Gakkai Buddhist movement in Quebec : the Lotus and the Fleur de lys
（Canadian studies, v. 20）
Edwin Mellen Press, c1997
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Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [91]-93) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Theorizing that Quebec's "Quiet Revolution" of the 1960s and the decline of Catholicism there had a profound effect on the spiritual life of the Quebecois, Daniel examines the thousand-plus conversions to Soka Gakkai (a Japanese strand of Buddhism) which have occured in the 1990s. The central enquiry in the text is why an Asian Buddhist group would attract a "respectable and devoted" following in once-Catholic Quebec while other Buddhist movements have always failed in the province - and the rest of Canada. The author also presents a history of Soka Gakkai movement in both Japan and Canada, as well as testimonies from a number of Quebecois Soka Gakkai leaders and members.
Table of Contents
- The Soka Gakkai in Quebec
- the Soka Gakkai movement in Japan
- the life and activities of a Soka Gakkai member
- motivation for membership
- the miracle at Baie St Paul.
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