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The Soka Gakkai Buddhist Movement in Quebec: The Lotus and the Fleur De Lys (Canadian Studies)
The Soka Gakkai Buddhist Movement in Quebec The Lotus and the Fleur De Lys - Canadian Studies Author:Daniel A. Metraux Theorizing that Quebec's "Quiet Revolution" of the 1960s and the decline of Catholicism there had a profound effect on the spiritual life of the Quebecois, Daniel examines the thousand-plus conversions to Soka Gakkai (a Japanese strand of Buddhism) which have occured in the 1990s. The central enquiry in the text is why an Asian Buddhist group wo... more »uld attract a "respectable and devoted" following in once-Catholic Quebec while other Buddhist movements have always failed in the province - and the rest of Canada. The author also presents a history of Soka Gakkai movement in both Japan and Canada, as well as testimonies from a number of Quebecois Soka Gakkai leaders and members.« less