The Buddha Within Ourselves

Blossoms of the Lotus Sutra

Maria Immacolata Macioti (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

2002
University Press of America (Verlag)
978-0-7618-2189-2 (ISBN)

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Maria Immacolata Macioti's The Buddha Within Ourselves contains the results of a five-year study conducted by Professor Macioti, and a team of young scholars under her direction. This study focuses on Nichiren Buddhism as practiced by the members of the Italian Soka Gakkai, one of 177 sister organizations associated with Soka Gakkai International, a well known Japan-based Buddhist association that promotes peace, culture and education all over the world. Richard M. Capozzi's translation makes this book available to English-speaking audiences, for the first time.

Maria Immacolata Macioti is Associate Professor of Sociology and Sociology of Religion, University of Rome "La Sapienza."

Chapter 1 Translator's Foreword Chapter 2 Author's Preface Chapter 3 Acknowledgements Chapter 4 Introduction Chapter 5 How to Join Chapter 6 Difficult Beginnings Chapter 7 The Object of Devotion Chapter 8 Life in the Organization Chapter 9 Structural Aspects Chapter 10 Faith, Practice and Study Chapter 11 The Divisions: Between Structure and Self-Motivation Chapter 12 The Society for Value-Creating Education: Successive Presidents Chapter 13 Chronology of the Research Chapter 14 Historical Profiles Chapter 15 Glossary Chapter 16 Works Cited Chapter 17 Index Chapter 18 About the Author

Erscheint lt. Verlag	13.8.2002
Übersetzer	Richard Maurice Capozzi
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	142 x 212 mm
Gewicht	290 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
ISBN-10	0-7618-2189-9 / 0761821899
ISBN-13	978-0-7618-2189-2 / 9780761821892
Zustand	Neuware