In this paper I will consider and examine the figure and work of Daisaku Ikeda, a Japanese Buddhist master, philosopher and writer. It seems impossible to separate within it creed from argument, faith from reason, and religion from philosophy. In particular, Ikeda’s philosophy of human revolution is the contemporary reelaboration of Nichiren’s interpretation and practice of the Lotus Sutra. I w...

The co-general editors of Nova Religio are pleased to announce the winner Seventh Helen Crovetto Award for Excellence in Study New Religious Movements with Ties South Asia. award was established 2010 by encourage research and articles on new religions that originate Asia, as well religious movements were inspired part or whole from selected Hugh Urban, Scott Lowe, Andrea Jain, Catherine Wessing...

The history of anti-gambling impulses is perhaps as old as the gambling impulse itself, but academic research has thus far neglected the topic of anti-gambling social movements. Using social movement literature as a theoretical guide and ethnographic content analysis as a methodological tool, this paper examines anti-gambling documents produced in the United States over nearly two hundred years...

BACKGROUND Many studies have investigated the impact of a wide range of social events on suicide-related behaviour. However, these studies have predominantly examined national events. The aim of this study is to provide a statistical evaluation of the relationship between mass gatherings in some relatively small urban sub-populations and the general suicide rates of a major city. METHODS The ...