A Time to Chant

Soka Gakkai Buddhism is one of the world's most rapidly expanding religious movements with members in virtually every country in Europe, the Americas, and Australasia, most of Asia, and Africa. Based on a thorough survey of members of Soka Gakkai in the UK, this book analyses the reasons for its increasing popularity. The authors back up their analysis with liberal quotes from their questionnaire survey and from interviews. Soka Gakkai has not received much attention from western academics as yet, so this book will fill a gap in the academic literature. However, since it raises issues about changing values in western society and the decline in traditional religious institutions, it will appeal to a much wider readership.