Di Febo Aura, ‘Seen’ as religious: social and institutional invisibility of Risshō Kōseikai’s youth

The article investigates how young members of the Japanese lay Buddhist group Risshō Kōseikai construct their identity as a minority within both a society increasingly disengaged from religion and an ageing religious organisation. RKK youth experience a condition of double ‘invisibility’ stemming from the intersection of outward and inward marginalisation. Their social interactions are informed by a fear of ‘being seen as religious’ resulting from widespread mistrust and negative perception of religion, while the constraints experienced within the congregation curtail their religious agency.

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