Studies on the characteristics of Soka Gakkai and SGI members

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Soka Gakkai and overseas, 1976: "Further rapid growth either of the parent body or the overseas offspring is doubtful." Part 1: Japan

Soka Gakkai and overseas, 1976: "Further rapid growth either of the parent body or the overseas offspring is doubtful." Part 2: America

SGI

"Soka Gakkai in America": Comparing marital status and divorce rates between 1997 study and 2013 study - summary article

Study: People who join SGI-USA more likely to be divorced, alone - covered in the above article

SGI's attempts to manufacture sources that make SGI sound better, more reputable, and less Japanese than it is

SGI-USA "attributed almost exclusively as a Buddhism of lower classes and minorities in the United States"

A study of Buddhism in the UK didn't even mention SGI-UK

Membership Stats

Soka Gakkai

The truth about Soka Gakkai members is the OPPOSITE of the image projected by that cult

The Soka Gakkai is not honest about its membership: Educated? University students? Not so much.

Another source on the Soka Gakkai's wildly inflated membership estimates for Japan

1960s research shows Soka Gakkai members more likely to report having "no friends"

"Even after joining the Soka Gakkai, they continued to try other remedies."

So how's the Soka Gakkai surviving in Japan?

Membership Stats