Lay Buddhism in Contemporary Japan: Reiyukai Kyodan

by Helen Hardacre

Basing her book on four years of field work (including interviews, a survey of 2,000 Reiyukai members, and eight months of residence with believers), she analyzes Reiyukai ancestor worship and veneration of the Lotus Sutra. She explains the enduring appeal of a religion, founded in 1919, that dedicates itself to the spread of true Buddhism" and that retains its core intact, in spite of a number of schisms.

Originally published in 1984.

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288 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1984

Reviews

[Jessica Zu · Rating 4 out of 5]

considering it's published in 1984, a pretty good read. Nice combination of anthropological and sociological studies of Japanese "new" religions. Some of the descriptions connect nicely with her second book on kurozumikyo, about the world view as the shared characteristics of new religions in Japan.
but I still like Zhan Mei's "worlding" or Bourdieu's habitus