Shakubuku:Study Nichiren Shosh (Cults and Nonconventional Religious Groups)

By David A. Snow

An analytic and historical description of a proselytizing Buddhist sect, known for their Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo chant, beginning with its importation from Japan about 1960 until the mid-1970s when it claimed a quarter-million adherents. Focuses on the movement's goals and ideology, ritual practices,

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815311370
• ISBN13: 9780815311379
• Release Date: March 1993
• Publisher: Garland Science
• Length: 339 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.0" x 6.5"