Index| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seax-Wica | world | 4,000 | - | - | - | 1984 | Melton, J. Gordon, Jerome Clark & Aidan A. Kelly. New Age Almanac; New York: Visible Ink Press (1991); pg. 339. | "Seax-Wica was founded by Raymond Buckland after his forced retirement as head of the Gardnerian Witchcraft movement in America... In 1984, 4,000 members were claimed worldwide. " |
| Second Cumberland Presbyterian Church in the United States | Alabama | 4,500 | - | - | - | 1984 | Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (9th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1990); pg. 210. | "In 1984 there were 15 presbyteries and 4 synods, with 18,000 communicants in 143 congregations. The Alabama Synod comprises nearly one-fourth of the constituency. " |
| Second Cumberland Presbyterian Church in the United States | USA | 18,000 | - | 143 units |
- | 1984 | Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (9th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1990); pg. 210. | "In 1984 there were 15 presbyteries and 4 synods, with 18,000 communicants in 143 congregations. The Alabama Synod comprises nearly one-fourth of the constituency. " |
| Second Cumberland Presbyterian Church in the United States | USA | 15,500 | - | 143 units |
- | 1993 | Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (10th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1995). | "15,500 communicants in 143 congregations " |
| Second Cumberland Presbyterian Church in the United States | world | 30,000 | - | 221 units |
2 countries |
1959 | Melton, J. Gordon (ed.). The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991); pg. 170. | "Membership: Recent statistics have not been reported. In 1959 the Church reported 221 church, 30,000 members... There was an affiliated Presbytery in Liberia. " |
| Second Cumberland Presbyterian Church in the United States | world | 18,000 | - | 143 units |
1 country |
1984 | Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (9th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1990); pg. 210. | "In 1984 there were 15 presbyteries and 4 synods, with 18,000 communicants in 143 congregations. The Alabama Synod comprises nearly one-fourth of the constituency. " |
| Second Cumberland Presbyterian Church in the United States | world | 15,500 | - | 143 units |
1 country |
1993 | Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (10th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1995). | "15,500 communicants in 143 congregations " |
| Secotan | North Carolina | - | - | - | - | 1650 | Legay, Gilbert. Atlas of Indians of North America. Hauppauge, NY: Barron's (1995); pg. 16. | "Secotan... Language: Algonquian. They inhabited the coast of North Carolina between the Albermarle and Pamlico Bays... Their life was described by John White, who accompanied Sir Walter Raleigh. Like their neighbors, the Powhatan, they were overwhelmed by the European colonists in the seventeenth century. The Machapunga, Pamlico, and Hattera, who lived in the region afterward, appear to have been descendants of the Secotan. " |
| sects | Japan | - | - | - | - | 1970 | Cavendish, Richard (ed.). Man, Myth & Magic: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural (vol. 11). New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp. (1970); pg. 1495. | "It is not easy to say just how many new sects there are in Japan... estimates of new movements still vary from 170 to more than 700. " |
| sects | USA | - | - | - | - | 1981 | Popenoe, David. Sociology (5th Ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc. (1983); pg. 450. | "Sects... are groups that have broken off from other religious organizations to try to restore purity to the practices and doctrines of their religion. Sociologists usually consider religious movements to be sects only if the exist within a conventional religious tradition, that is, one regarded as normal by society. Stark and Bainbridge (1981) have located 417 native-born sects in the U.S; of these, 2 are Jewish. 14 sects have more than 500,000 members. More typically, 29% of the sects have 500 to 2,000 members, and 28% have less than 500 members. " |
| sects | USA | - | - | - | - | 1992 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997); pg. 237. | "Since at least 1776 the upstart sects have grown as the mainline American denominations have declined. And this trend continues unabated, as new upstarts continue to push to the fore. Consider that the Church of God in Christ (3.7 million members) is already substantially larger than the United Church of Christ (1.7 million), the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. (2.9 million), the Episcopal Church (2.4 million), and the American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. (1.6 million). " |
| sects | world | - | - | - | - | 1970 | Wilson, Bryan. "Traditional Religion Divides Society " in Enduring Issues in Sociology (Lynn Barteck & Karen Mullin, editors). San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press (1995). [Originally source: Religious Sects: A Sociological Study. New York: McGraw-Hill (1970)]; pg. 215. | "Allegiance to a sect is voluntary, but individuals are admitted only on proof of conviction... continuing affiliation rests on sustained evidence of commitment to... beliefs and practices. Sectarians put their faith first: they order their lives around it. The orthodox, in contrast, compromise faith with other interests, and their religion accomodates the demands of the secular culture. " |
| sects | world | - | - | - | - | 1970 | Wilson, Bryan. "Traditional Religion Divides Society " in Enduring Issues in Sociology (Lynn Barteck & Karen Mullin, editors). San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press (1995). [Originally source: Religious Sects: A Sociological Study. New York: McGraw-Hill (1970)]; pg. 215. | "At first glance, sects may appear to be marginal and incidental phenomena in history... Yet, at times, sects have had an immense significance for the course of history. After all, Christianity itself was only a Jewish sect at the beginning. " |
| secular | Argentina | - | 2.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Ethnologue Database " (viewed circa Dec. 1998) | "Religion: Christian 96%, Jewish 2%, secular 2% " |
| secular | Australia | - | 22.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Ethnologue Database " (viewed circa Dec. 1998) | "Religion: Christian 76%, secular 22%, Muslim 2% " |
| secular | Bolivia | - | 1.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Ethnologue Database " (viewed circa Dec. 1998) | "Religion: Christian 95%, Baha'i 3%, traditional religion 1%, secular 1% " |
| secular | Brazil | - | 1.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Ethnologue Database " (viewed circa Dec. 1998) | "Religion: Christian 93%, traditional religion 6%, secular 1% " |
| secular | Chile | - | 7.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Ethnologue Database " (viewed circa Dec. 1998) | "Religion: Christian 92%, secular 7%, traditional religion 1% " |
| secular | Colombia | - | 1.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Ethnologue Database " (viewed circa Dec. 1998) | "Religion: Christian 97%, secular 1%, traditional religion 1% " |
| secular | Ecuador | - | 1.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Ethnologue Database " (viewed circa Dec. 1998) | "Religion: Christian 98%, secular 1%, traditional religion 1% " |
| secular | Falkland Islands | - | 27.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Ethnologue Database " (viewed circa Dec. 1998) | "Religion: Christian 70%, secular 27%, other 3% " |
| secular | French Guiana | - | 5.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Ethnologue Database " (viewed circa Dec. 1998) | "Religion: Christian 88%, secular 5%, traditional religion 4%, Chinese traditional religion 1%, Muslim 1%, Baha'i 1% " |
| secular | French Polynesia | - | 12.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Ethnologue Database " (viewed circa Dec. 1998) | "Religion: Christian 87%, secular 12% " |
| secular | Guam | - | 1.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Ethnologue Database " (viewed circa Dec. 1998) | "Religion: Christian 97%, secular 1%, Baha'i 1% " |
| secular | Guyana | - | 2.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Ethnologue Database " (viewed circa Dec. 1998) | "Religion: Christian 50%, Hindu 36%, Muslim 9%, traditional religion 3%, secular 2% " |
| secular | Israel | - | 54.00% | - | - | 2003 | Zuckerman, Phil. "Atheism: Contemporary Rates and Patterns ", chapter in The Cambridge Companion to Atheism, ed. by Michael Martin, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK (2005) | "According to Yuchtman-Ya'ar (2003), 54% of Israelis identify themselves as 'secular.' " [Source: Yuchtman-Ya'ar, Ephraim. 2003. "Value Priorities in Israeli Society: An Examination of Inglehart's Theory of Modernization and Cultural Variation " page 117-137, in Human Values and Social Change, edited by Ronald Inglehart. Boston, MA: Brill] |
| secular | Kuwait | - | 1.00% | - | - | 2001 | Zuckerman, Phil. "Atheism: Contemporary Rates and Patterns ", chapter in The Cambridge Companion to Atheism, ed. by Michael Martin, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK (2005) | "According to Barret et al (2001) less than 1% of those in Syria, Oman, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen are secular. " [Source: Barrett, David, George Kurian, and Todd Johnson. 2001. World Christian Encyclopedia. New York, NY: Oxford University Press] |
| secular | Nauru | - | 8.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Ethnologue Database " (viewed circa Dec. 1998) | "Religion: Christian 83%, Chinese traditional religion 8%, secular 8%, Baha'i 1% " |
| secular | New Caledonia | - | 5.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Ethnologue Database " (viewed circa Dec. 1998) | "Religion: Christian 90%, secular 5%, Muslim 4% " |
| secular | Oman | - | 1.00% | - | - | 2001 | Zuckerman, Phil. "Atheism: Contemporary Rates and Patterns ", chapter in The Cambridge Companion to Atheism, ed. by Michael Martin, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK (2005) | "According to Barret et al (2001) less than 1% of those in Syria, Oman, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen are secular. " [Source: Barrett, David, George Kurian, and Todd Johnson. 2001. World Christian Encyclopedia. New York, NY: Oxford University Press] |
| secular | Paraguay | - | 1.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Ethnologue Database " (viewed circa Dec. 1998) | "Religion: Christian 98%, secular 1%, traditional religion 1% " |
| secular | Peru | - | 1.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Ethnologue Database " (viewed circa Dec. 1998) | "Religion: Christian 98%, traditional religion 1%, secular 1% " |
| secular | Saudi Arabia | - | 1.00% | - | - | 2001 | Zuckerman, Phil. "Atheism: Contemporary Rates and Patterns ", chapter in The Cambridge Companion to Atheism, ed. by Michael Martin, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK (2005) | "According to Barret et al (2001) less than 1% of those in Syria, Oman, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen are secular. " [Source: Barrett, David, George Kurian, and Todd Johnson. 2001. World Christian Encyclopedia. New York, NY: Oxford University Press] |
| secular | Singapore | - | 17.00% | - | - | 1998 | "The Only Way " in Christianity Today (Jan. 12, 1998); pg. 37. | Or again, Singapore is "pluralistic " since it is roughly 41% Buddhist, 18% Christian, 17% Muslim, 17% secularist, and 5% Hindu. |
| secular | Suriname | - | 4.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Ethnologue Database " (viewed circa Dec. 1998) | "Religion: Christian 42%, Hindu 27%, Muslim 20%, traditional religion 6%, secular 4%, Baha'i 1% " |
| secular | Syria | - | 1.00% | - | - | 2001 | Zuckerman, Phil. "Atheism: Contemporary Rates and Patterns ", chapter in The Cambridge Companion to Atheism, ed. by Michael Martin, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK (2005) | "According to Barret et al (2001) less than 1% of those in Syria, Oman, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen are secular. " [Source: Barrett, David, George Kurian, and Todd Johnson. 2001. World Christian Encyclopedia. New York, NY: Oxford University Press] |
| secular | United Arab Emirates | - | 1.00% | - | - | 2001 | Zuckerman, Phil. "Atheism: Contemporary Rates and Patterns ", chapter in The Cambridge Companion to Atheism, ed. by Michael Martin, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK (2005) | "According to Barret et al (2001) less than 1% of those in Syria, Oman, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen are secular. " [Source: Barrett, David, George Kurian, and Todd Johnson. 2001. World Christian Encyclopedia. New York, NY: Oxford University Press] |
| secular | Uruguay | - | 36.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Ethnologue Database " (viewed circa Dec. 1998) | "Religion: Christian 62%, secular 36%, Jewish 2% " |
| secular | USA | - | 30.00% | - | - | 1993 | Reeves, Thomas C. The Empty Church: Does Organized Religion Matter Anymore? Simon & Schuster: New York, NY (1998); pg. 64. | "An in-depth random survey of 4,001 Americans... [1993] concluded that 30% of Americans are totally secular in outlook, 29% are barely or nominally religious, 22% modestly religious, and only 19% -- about 36 million -- regularly practice their religion. " |
| secular | USA | - | - | - | - | 1999 | Gallagher, Winifred. Working on God. New York: Random House (1999); pg. xx. | "More than thirty years ago in The Secular City, [Harvey] Cox famously predicted religion's decline in the face of modern progress. In Fire from Heaven, his most recent work, he recognized that it's secularism that's headed for extinction. A generation ago, he says, he correctly pointed to 'the decline in belief in Holy Church,' but missed the parallel phenomenon of 'disabusement of belief among the young concerning those beautiful promises that reason or science or politics were going to deliver us from our misery. All that stuff was oversold and went sour.' " |
| secular | Venezuela | - | 2.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Ethnologue Database " (viewed circa Dec. 1998) | "Religion: Christian 96%, secular 2% " |
| secular | world | - | 20.00% | - | - | 1994 | Halverson, Dean C. (ed.) The Compact Guide to World Religions; Colorado Springs, Colorado: International Students Inc. (1996). [Publisher is an Evangelical missionary organization.]; pg. 182. | "If one combines the numbers for both 'atheists' and the 'non-religious,' the total number of secularists is around 20% of the world's population. " [Original source: Barrett, David. "Annual Statistical Table on Global Mission: 1994. "] |
| secular | Yemen | - | 1.00% | - | - | 2001 | Zuckerman, Phil. "Atheism: Contemporary Rates and Patterns ", chapter in The Cambridge Companion to Atheism, ed. by Michael Martin, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK (2005) | "According to Barret et al (2001) less than 1% of those in Syria, Oman, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen are secular. " [Source: Barrett, David, George Kurian, and Todd Johnson. 2001. World Christian Encyclopedia. New York, NY: Oxford University Press] |
| Secular Humanistic Judaism | Michigan: Farmington Hills | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1963 | Wertheimer, Jack. A People Divided: Juadism in Contemporary America. New York: Basic Books (A Division of Harper Collins) (1993); pg. 79. | "In 1963 a Reform rabbi, Sherwin Wine, formed a secular humanistic Jewish congregation in Farmington Hills, Michigan, to provide a setting for Jews who rejected God but sought a communal structure to meet with fellow Jews. " |
| Secular Humanistic Judaism | Michigan: Farmington Hills | 2,000 | - | 1 unit |
- | 1993 | Wertheimer, Jack. A People Divided: Juadism in Contemporary America. New York: Basic Books (A Division of Harper Collins) (1993); pg. 79. | "In 1963 a Reform rabbi, Sherwin Wine, formed a secular humanistic Jewish congregation in Farmington Hills, Michigan, to provide a setting for Jews who rejected God but sought a communal structure to meet with fellow Jews. Wine's congregation now numbers 500 families... " |
| Secular Humanistic Judaism | world | 3,600,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Society for Humanistic Judaism "; web page: "International Federation " (viewed 1 March 1999); "(C) 1997 Society for Humanistic Judaism; 28611 W. 12 Mile Rd.; Farmington Hills, MI 48334 " | It is estimated that close to 20 percent of world Jewry embraces Secularism, although most Secular Humanistic Jews are presently unaffiliated. (20% of18 million) |
| Seekers - attendance | world | 100 | - | - | - | 1997 | Stocks, Janet. "To Stay or to Leave " in Contemporary American Religion: An Ethnographic Reader; edited by Penny Edgell Becker & Nancy L. Eiesland. Walnut Creek, Calif.: AltaMira Press (1997); pg. 108. | "The Seekers are a small evangelical community in a northeastern city. The core group consists of a dozen people who live within a block of each other in a low-income neighborhood. During regular worship services, the group swells by an additional ten to 100 members, depending on the season. " |
| Seekers - core | world | 40 | - | - | - | 1989 | Stocks, Janet. "To Stay or to Leave " in Contemporary American Religion: An Ethnographic Reader; edited by Penny Edgell Becker & Nancy L. Eiesland. Walnut Creek, Calif.: AltaMira Press (1997); pg. 109. | "Formed during the social ferment of the late 1960s and early 1970s... In 1990, about two-thirds of the community's core membership, approx. 40 people, left the group. The causes for this schism are multiple & complex. " |
| Seekers - core | world | 12 | - | - | - | 1997 | Stocks, Janet. "To Stay or to Leave " in Contemporary American Religion: An Ethnographic Reader; edited by Penny Edgell Becker & Nancy L. Eiesland. Walnut Creek, Calif.: AltaMira Press (1997); pg. 108. | "The Seekers are a small evangelical community in a northeastern city. The core group consists of a dozen people who live within a block of each other in a low-income neighborhood. During regular worship services, the group swells by an additional ten to 100 members, depending on the season. " |
| Seicho-No-Ie | British Columbia | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official web site (1998) | worldwide directory of "Truth of Life Centers ": [directory link] Truth of Life Center Vancouver, 305 East 16th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. V5T 2T7 " |
| Seicho-No-Ie | British Columbia | - | - | 4 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* web page: "Location of SNI Center " [in Canada] (1998), presented by SNI Western Canada District Union | directory: SNI Burnaby Center, 7908 Willard St., Burnaby, B.C.; SNI Kamloops Center, 1870 Inglewood St., Kamloops, B.C.; SNI Vancouver Center, 305 East 16th Av.. Vancouver, B.C.; SNI Victoria Center, 2176 Lansdowne Rd., Victoria, B.C. |
| Seicho-No-Ie | California | - | - | 3 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official web site (1998) | worldwide directory of "Truth of Life Centers ": [directory link] Truth of Life Center Northern California, 777 North 7th Street, San Jose, CA; ...ToLC San Francisco, 668 - 11th Avenue, San Francisco, CA; [directory link] Southern California, 14527 S. Vermont Ave., Gardena, CA 90247 |
| Seicho-No-Ie | Canada | - | - | 4 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official web site (1998) | worldwide directory of "Truth of Life Centers ": [directory link] Seicho-No-Ie Toronto, 662 Victoria Park Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M4C-5H4 Canada; Seicho-No-Ie Humanity Enlightenment Movement North York Center 218 Sheppard Ave. East, Suite 102, North York, Ontario M2N 3A9; [directory link] Truth of Life Center Winnipeg, 156 Dickens Drive, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3K 0M2; [directory link] Truth of Life Center Vancouver, 305 East 16th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. V5T 2T7 " |
| Seicho-No-Ie | Canada | - | - | 7 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* web page: "Location of SNI Center " [in Canada] (1998), presented by SNI Western Canada District Union | directory: SNI Toronto Center, 662 Victoria Park Av., Toronto, Ontario; SNI North York Center, 218 Sheppard Avenue East, Suit 102, North York, Ontario; SNI Burnaby Center, 7908 Willard St., Burnaby, B.C.; SNI Kamloops Center, 1870 Inglewood St., Kamloops, B.C.; SNI Vancouver Center, 305 East 16th Av.. Vancouver, B.C.; SNI Victoria Center, 2176 Lansdowne Rd., Victoria, B.C.; SNI Winnipeg, 156 Dickens Dr., Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Seicho-No-Ie | Florida | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official web site (1998) | worldwide directory of "Truth of Life Centers ": [directory link] "Seicho-No-Ie Fort Lauderdale, 941 N.E. 19 Avenue, #305, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33304 " |
| Seicho-No-Ie | Hawaii | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official web site (1998) | worldwide directory of "Truth of Life Centers ": [directory link] "Seicho-No-Ie Hawaii Missionary Headquarters, 1333 Matlock Avenue, Honolulu, Hawaii 96814 " |
| Seicho-No-Ie | Illinois | - | - | 2 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official web site (1998) | worldwide directory of "Truth of Life Centers ": [directory link] "Truth of Life Center Chicago, 1938 W. Albion, Chicago, Illinois 60626; Truth of Life Center Chicago, 8245 S. Kingston, Chicago, Illinois 60617 " |
| Seicho-No-Ie | Illinois: Chicago | - | - | 2 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official web site (1998) | worldwide directory of "Truth of Life Centers ": [directory link] "Truth of Life Center Chicago, 1938 W. Albion, Chicago, Illinois 60626; Truth of Life Center Chicago, 8245 S. Kingston, Chicago, Illinois 60617 " |
| Seicho-No-Ie | Japan | - | - | - | - | 1930 | Crim, Keith (ed.). The Perennial Dictionary of World Religions. San Francisco: Harper Collins (1989). Reprint; originally published as Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions, 1981; pg. 669. | "Seicho no Ie had its official beginning in 1930 when Taniguchi began to publish a magazine bearing this name. The initial subscribers became the charter members of the new movement. From its headquarters in Kobe it was moved to Tokyo in 1934 and has remained centered there. The decade of the 1930s, a time of impressive growth for Seicho no Ie, saw also the rapid escalation of Japanese militarism and imperialism " |
| Seicho-No-Ie | Japan | 3,242,911 | 2.82% | - | - | 1978 | Reid, D. "Japanese Religions " in Hinnells, John R. (ed). A Handbook of Living Religions, Penguin Books: New York (1991 reprint; 1st pub. 1984). [Orig. src: Shukyo Nenkan (Religions Yearbook), Ministry of Education & Bureau of Statistics.]; pg. 373. | "Table: Some surviving new religious orgs. in Japan "; "Membership figures, voluntarily reported..., as found in the 1979 ed. of the Shukyo Nenkan (Religions Yearbook). " Classified as "other " new religion. Listed as "Seicho no Ie ". |
| Seicho-No-Ie | Japan | - | - | - | - | 1981 | Crim, Keith (ed.). The Perennial Dictionary of World Religions. San Francisco: Harper Collins (1989). Reprint; originally published as Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions, 1981; pg. 669. | "Because of the apparent implication in the war effort Taniguchi and some of his staff were purged in 1945 by the Occupation officials. Though Seicho no Ie suffered some decline in the immediate postwar period, Taniguchi was able to hold his organization together and when the Occupation ended in 1952 was fully ready to resume his publishing activities. Since then the movement has grown remarkably, with a special appeal to middle- and upper-middle-class Japanese, including a notable number of intellectuals. " |
| Seicho-No-Ie | Japan | - | - | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* Wilson, Andrew (ed). "The World Religions and their Scriptures " in World Scripture. International Religious Foundation, 1991. (viewed 9 July 1999) | "The doctrines of Seicho-no-Ie, that mind is the sole reality and that the body can be healed through faith and mental purification, bear a marked resemblance to those of Christian Science. The teachings of its founder Masaharu Taniguchi, who had also been a member of Omoto Kyo, are represented by the Nectarean Shower of Holy Doctrines, Song of the Angel, and Holy Sutra for Spiritual Healing. " |
| Seicho-No-Ie | Japan | 3,000,000 | - | - | - | 1993 | Clarke, Peter B. (editor), The Religions of the World: Understanding the Living Faiths, Marshall Editions Limited: USA (1993); pg. 208. | "Seicho No Ie is found in many countries. In Japan its following is about three million... " |
| Seicho-No-Ie | Manitoba | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official web site (1998) | worldwide directory of "Truth of Life Centers ": [directory link] Truth of Life Center Winnipeg, 156 Dickens Drive, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3K 0M2 " |
| Seicho-No-Ie | Manitoba | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1998 | *LINK* web page: "Location of SNI Center " [in Canada] (1998), presented by SNI Western Canada District Union | directory: SNI Winnipeg, 156 Dickens Dr., Winnipeg, Manitoba |
