Nichiren's activist heirs: Sōka Gakkai, Risshō Kōseikai, Nipponzan Myōhōji

Action Dharma: New Studies in Engaged Buddhism

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 63-94

  Stone, Jacqueline I ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203827789     Document Type: Chapter

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